Education, Sustainability and Consumption
Code: 101639 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2500260 Social Education | OT | 3 |
| 2500260 Social Education | OT | 4 |
| 2500261 Education Studies | OT | 4 |
| 2500797 Early Childhood Education | OT | 4 |
| 2500798 Primary Education | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Neus Banqué Martínez
- Email:
- neus.banque@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
There are no previous requirements.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The world faces global, complex and interrelated challenges and problems that affect lifestyles, values, social equity and also demand complex responses. Challenges arise from values that have created, and create, unsustainable societies. We have the knowledge, technology and skills needed to reverse the situation, so we need to mobilize our potential to take every opportunity to improve action and bring about change towards a necessary transformation. Education is key in this transformative process.
A transformative education must be a quality education, which facilitates the clarification of values, promotes holistic,critical and creative thinking, the construction of knowledge, the development of attitudes and skills necessary to participate in the positive and effective transformation of society. Education for Sustainability is, therefore, a key process in the construction of new imaginaries and alternative models based on social and economic justice, food sovereignty, responsible consumption, ecological integrity, the solidarity economy, the sustainable livelihoods, respect for all forms of life and strong values that promote social cohesion, democracy and participatory action. Education for Sustainability have to take on this challenge and highlight the interdependence between the environment, the economy, society and cultural diversity, from the local to the global level, and take into account the dimension of time (past, present, future).
The course will focus on the role of educators in Education for Sustainability, as well as the exploration of different professional profiles that link education, sustainability and consumption
Objectives:
- exploring the concept of environment and sustainability
- approaching the conceptual and methodological framework of Education for Sustainability
- encouraging holistic thinking and critical and creative thinking as fundamental aspects of Education for Sustainability
- recognizing the importance and need to develop Education for Sustainability and Consumption processes in various educational contexts (formal, non-formal, informal, citizen participation ...)
- analizing the implications of Education for Sustainability and Consumption in relation to professional skills
- approaching the design, elaboration and evaluation of projects and / or didactic materials in Education for sustainability and Education in responsible consumption.
Competences
- Social Education
- Contextualize educational action based on the different theoretical paradigms that have developed in science and education in accordance with the socio-historical context of individuals, groups and institutions.
- Maintain a respectful attitude to the environment (natural, social and cultural) to promote values, behaviour and sustainable practices that address gender equality, equity and respect for human rights.
- Education Studies
- Identify educational approaches and problems, inquire about them: obtain, record, process and interpret relevant information to issue supported judgments that enhance education and training.
- Maintain a respectful attitude for the environment (natural, social and cultural) to promote values, behaviours and practices that address gender equality, equity and respect for human rights.
- Early Childhood Education
- "Critically analyse and incorporate the most relevant issues of contemporary society that affect family and school education: social and educational impact of audiovisual languages and of screens. changes in gender relations and intergenerational changes; multiculturalism and interculturalism; discrimination and social inclusion and sustainable development."
- Develop educational proposals in relation to the interaction between science, technology, society and sustainable development.
- Maintain a respectful attitude for the environment (natural, social and cultural) to promote values, behaviours and practices that address gender equality, equity and respect for human rights.
- Promote interest and respect for the natural, social and cultural environment through appropriate educational projects.
- Take account of social, economic and environmental impacts when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
- Primary Education
- Appreciate individual and collective responsibility in the achievement of a sustainable future.
- Maintain a respectful attitude to the natural, social and cultural environment to foster values, behaviours and practices that attend to gender equality, equity and respect for human rights.
- Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the indicators of sustainability of academic and professional activities in the areas of knowledge, integrating social, economic and environmental dimensions.
- Apply systemic thinking to analysis of environmental problems and issues.
- Being able to establish links between environmental knowledge and actions and sustainable consumption.
- Recognising the different sustainability models in educational proposals.
- Weigh up the risks and opportunities of both one's own and other people's proposals for improvement.
Content
- Conception of Environment - Sustainability - Sustainable Development Goals 2030
- From Environmental Education to Education for Sustainability in the SDG 2030: historical perspective, evolution and mapping of various currents
- Education for sustainability: purpose, objectives, key components and methodological approaches
- Environmental issues and holistic thinking
- Critical thinking in Education for Sustainability and Consumption
- The dimension of futures in Education for Sustainability
- Strategies in education for sustainability and consumption in different areas of intervention: formal, non-formal and informal education
- Professional skills in Education for Sustainability and Consumption
- Design, elaboration and evaluation of a Education for Sustainability and / or Consumption project.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Explanation by teacher staff of the content and key issues of the module program. It is done with the whole group class and allows exposure of the main content through an open and active participation by students. | 38.5 | 1.54 | 2, 3, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Workspace in small groups supervised by teachers for analysis or processing activities and / or curriculum materials, study and / or resolution of cases, field activities and / or laboratory in order to go deep into the themes proposed. | 27.5 | 1.1 | 2, 3, 4 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Analysis of readings, educational innovation proposals, design of activities, preparing reports, analysis and resolution of cases, field work | 75 | 3 | 2, 3, 4 |
The student is the protagonist in the teaching-learning process and it is under this constructivist perspective that a participatory and interactive methodology has been planned. The types of activities have been diversified to ensure attention to diversity and the connection between students and skills from the individual and group dimensions, and from work outside the classroom and work activities to the classroom.
Face-to-face classes are mainly in large groups, but small group, seminar or workshop type strategies are incorporated.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative group work | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Individual face exam | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Individual work and participation | 10% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
The continuous evaluation will be along the semester and will include both individual and group work. The specific evaluation activities and the deadlines are the following:
Cooperative group work (50%)
- Group work: work delivery deadline 24/01/2025.
Individual activities (50%):
- Participation 10%: attendance and follow-up of the daily work of the subject (specific activities)
- Individual Exam 40%: 17/01/2025
Attendance is compulsory and a minimum of 80% is required in order to be eligible for evaluation. To get a pass grade a minimum of 5/10 is necessary.in all assessment activities. To be eligible for a making-up test, an average of a 3,5 mark for the subject will be necessary. The make-up test can be either an individual test or a group test offered during the UAB week exams (31/01/2025).
To pass this subject matter students need to show the acquisition of communicative competences (oral and written) and a good command of the languages specified in the Teaching Guide of the subject. Students are expected to show a high level of reading comprehension of academic texts, to express themselves orally in a fluid and correct way, and to write texts that are linguistically and formally correct. An activity can be rejected it does not follow the above-mentioned criteria.
According to the Facultat de Ciències de l’Educació (UAB) regulations (Acord Comissió Ordenació Acadèmica, 4 juny 2014), students will fail the exams if they engage into either copying or plagiarism behavior. Any paper or exam will be categorized as copied when it reproduces parts or the whole of another student’s material. A paperor an exam is considered plagiarism when it is presented as one’s own without mentioning the original sources.
To pass this subject,the student has to show an attitude consistent with the educational profession and conducive to a positive environment: responsibility, active participation and listening, capacity for reflection and collaboration, respect, appropriate use of mobile devices, among others.
Single evaluation
the student who accepts the single assessment type has to take an individual test and present a work, for which he will be given the appropriate guidelines, on 17/01/2025
- Individual test (50%)
- Individual Work (50%)
To pass, the student has to obtain a minimum of five (out of 10) in each of the activities: individual test and work.
In case of suspension of the subject, in order to be able to opt for the recovery process, the student has to have a minimum grade of 3.5 in the average. The recovery process will consist of an individual test, which allows to assess that the student has achieved the objectives and skills set out in the subject. The make-up test will be held on 31/01/2025.
In this type of assessment, the same considerations will be taken into account as in the continuous assessment in relation to communicative competence, copying/plagiarism, and professional educational attitude
Bibliography
Bibliography elaborated with perspective of gender:
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NOTE :other bibliography may be recommended throughout the course
Software
There is not specific software in the subject.
Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 401 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 4 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |