Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Date 27 September 2023 16:00 - 6 December 2023 17:30
Venue Online
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This series of six live online sessions is for teachers, trainers, and tutors across the Further Education (FE) and Training sector seeking to embed sustainability into their professional practice. EAUC is partnering up with the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to provide you with the most up-to-date learnings.

The six modules are as follows:

1. ESD: Why bother? | 27/09/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

2. Embedding ESD in teaching and learning | 11/10/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

3. Sustainability in your organisation | 25/10/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

4. ESD and your subject specialism | 08/11/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

5. All jobs are green jobs: sustainability careers | 22/11/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

6. The journey: where we’ve got to and what next? | 06/12/2023, 16:00 - 17:30

Entry Requirements

No entry requirements but please note this isn't a course to enhance knowledge about sustainability issues, rather it is to enable educators to promote and embed sustainability throughout their professional practice. If you want to explore the themes of sustainable development, please see the 'Core concepts of sustainability' section of the ETF's Education for Sustainable Development resources page. 

Training Aim

For educators to explore how to bring education for sustainable development into their professional practice.

Outcomes

You should have the knowledge and confidence to:

- Review the core components of ESD in the FE and Training sector
- Discover how ESD can be woven across teaching and learning practices
- Explore different ways educators can model sustainable practice in their professional practice
- Identify the inter-connectivity between educators’ subject specialism and sustainability
- Investigate the concept of green jobs when planning curriculum and supporting learners’ progression
- Appraise learning and plan next steps.

Engagement

Participants are encouraged to attend all six sessions. Please book this event in advance, using the ETF portal, where you will also see full details of the pricing structure, trainers, and modules.
Delivered by EAUC