Embedding Sustainable Development in the Curriculum
"How can I embed sustainable development into to what I teach
when I don’t really understand what it means?"
This document aims to help learning providers on this
journey.
The research on which this document is based showed that
curriculum leaders within Further Education and other learning
organisations are taking action on embedding sustainable
development within the curriculum – but not in a consistent
and ambitious enough manner. The research also found that good
practice does exist and often it is made up of very simple first
steps.
In an easy to follow format, the document identifies some of the
approaches currently being used, gathered a variety of examples and
provided a list of contacts if you would like to speak to anyone
further. This guide can help prompt discussion and debate
on how you can embed sustainable development within the curriculum
and, coupled with the related document – ‘Creating the
conditions for embedding sustainable development within the
curriculum’, engage with senior management to move this
forward.
Sustainable development is a journey for us all and the more we
discuss, challenge and share ideas and new thinking, the more
successful we will all be.
Created: Oct 19, 2009