ESS741 - Sustainability and Environmental Education
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Joe Ferguson |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course D304, D351, E760, E763 or E765 |
| Prerequisite: | D304 students must also have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60% Students enrolled in course E763 or E765 commencing from 2020, must pass unit EEE754 plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. In Person Attendance Requirements |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3 hour campus-based seminar per non-placement week, 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar per non-placement week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, regular forum posting and responding to others, scheduled synchronous online discussions and independent study during non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks). It is highly recommended that you attend scheduled synchronous discussions in CloudDeakin throughout the trimester. |
Content
The unit aims to lead students to a deeper understanding and appreciation of different approaches to the learning and teaching of education for sustainability, including its relation to socio-scientific issues and environmental education, to lower secondary level years 7 to 10 across a range of curriculum areas and as a whole school approach.
- The nature and purposes of education for sustainability and its relation to socio-scientific issues and environmental education
- Locating opportunities for learning and teaching through education for sustainability in the Australian National Curriculum
- Approaches to learning and teaching through education for sustainability
- Assessment for and of learning through education for sustainability
- Learning and teaching resources for education for sustainability.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply an advanced and integrated understanding of contemporary educational, sustainability, socio-scientific, and environmental issues and theories to describe and critically discuss the nature and purposes of education for sustainability and its relationship to science education in schools | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Reflect and critically discuss the Australian National Curriculum cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability and identify and generate learning and teaching opportunities for lower secondary years 7-10 across the curriculum areas and as a whole school approach | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Evaluate, synthesise, and reflect on creative and practical pedagogical strategies and approaches grounded in contemporary research to learning and teaching education for sustainability for lower secondary years 7-10 | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Independently and collaboratively evaluate existing and create new assessment tasks for learning and teaching education for sustainability for lower secondary years 7-10 | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO5 | Identify, analyse, implement, evaluate and engage in professional reading, critical reflection and discussion about a range of resources for education for sustainability for lower secondary years 7-10 | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management GLO7: Teamwork |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 (Group) - Design a resource share it via presentation to support an aspect of student learning from the assessment 1 program, include a description with task details of how to assess for and of learning | 2000 words or equivalent per person | 40% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 2 - Design a lower secondary years 7 to 10 program in education of sustainability, socio-scientific issues, and/or environmental education across a range of curriculum areas and/or as a whole school approach | 3000 words or equivalent | 60% | Week 4 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ESS741
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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