Challenges with implementing sustainability competencies by https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53 Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2021-10-27 20:22:52 UTC 2021-10-28 15:06:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Strategy 3 - Project based learning with community/stakeholders nlakshmi https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849392774
Description
  • Learning through active engagement with a stakeholder.
  • Take on a problem that the stakeholder brings and apply the knowledge to provide solution. 
  • May or may not be a community service. The partners could be a for-profit organization. 

Examples
i) Designing a marketing campaigns.
ii) Performance testing of a prototype.
iii) Creating software tools.


What are the competencies targeted by this strategy?
Stakeholder engagement
Also action oriented


Challenges in implementation

Group 1
Can take a lot of effort on the part of the community partner

Ethics
Timeline
Community partner capacity

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Group 3
Difficult to bring abstract concepts into the real world


]]> 2021-10-27 20:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849392774 Strategy 2 - Inter- and trans- disciplinary learning nlakshmi https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849393580
Description
  • Integrating knowledge/tools/methods from more than one discipline. 
  • Emphasis on contextualizing the issues and actions with relevant social, economical, technical, and environmental aspects. 

Examples
i) Water economics - Commodifying water
ii) Urban planning - Food deserts

What are the competencies targeted by this strategy?
Systems thinking and, to an extent, foresighted thinking


Challenges in implementation

Group 1 
Hard for some technical disciplines to integrate or to be integrated into other more non-technical disciplines. Also, some university courses may not enable this or be built this way.

Inability to represent all relevant disciplines
Lack of focus

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Group 3 




]]> 2021-10-27 20:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849393580 Strategy 1 - Service Learning nlakshmi https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849396904 Description
  • Education through community service. 
  • Cycle of theory in classroom, practice in real-world, and reflection. 
  • Other related terms: civic engagement, community development, advocacy, philanthropy, social change, volunteerism, community service and experiential learning.
  • Well-suited for : 
    • Social sciences: political science, sociology, environmental studies, psychology. 
    • Pre-professional courses: education, social work, business. 

Examples
i) After school support programs for education majors,
ii) Citizen science water quality programs for water-related natural science majors,
iii) Writing a well-informed editorial or regular newspaper columns on urban issues (water, sewage, traffic, etc.)

What are the competencies targeted by this strategy?
Stakeholder engagement, action oriented


Challenges in implementation

Group 1
Logistics (getting students into the field)
Time
Finding groups and places to work with

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Group 3
Physical limits due to covid-19
Need suitable physical deliverables
]]> 2021-10-27 20:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1849396904 Sustainability Competencies nlakshmi https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1851161537 1. Systems thinking. 
2. Foresighted thinking. 
3. Stakeholder engagement. 
4. Action orientation.

]]> 2021-10-28 12:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1851161537 Routine Teaching Strategies nlakshmi https://padlet.com/nlakshmi/o2890pjv3hiu8t53/wish/1851164536
  • Project/problem-based learning (in class)
  • Critical text/information analysis/interpretation (in-class)
  • Research-based learning
  • Active learning (in class)
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