EfS :Content and/or Delivery?

SCHOOL OF SURVEYING

CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

ACHIEVED THROUGH

INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

FACULTY OF ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

Amanda Lewis (Director)Elise Toogood (Special Projects)

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: AIMS – TEACHING & LEARNING

To encourage staff …

.. to develop and implement excellent, innovative teaching and learning initiatives ..

.. through a flexible system of rewards.

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: AIMS – TEACHING & LEARNING

To create links with industry and practice that provide CPD and other professional training ..

.. and feed back into university curricula through project work, case studies, guest lectures ..

..and joint research activities.

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: AIMS – TEACHING & LEARNING

To deliver graduates fromprofessionally accredited courses ..

.. who understand sustainability from a range of different professional perspectives

.. and have acquired relevant skills through integrated (inter-professional) live projects

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.. as opposed to graduates like this ..

: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY?

We hail from the Built Environment – NOT primarily Development nor Environmental

This matters in terms of professional terminology

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: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY?

THEREFORE

Education for Sustainability – EfSNOT

Education for Sustainable Development - ESD

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: OBJECTIVES – TEACHING & LEARNING

Embed sustainability into the content of the curriculum of professional courses within KU.

Develop T & L initiatives and resources which support the delivery of sustainability within the curriculum.

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CURRICULUM – content SPACE – delivery PROJECTS – content and

delivery ?

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What are we doing at present?

: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY?

CURRICULUM – content Re/validate modules Preparing guidance for validation panels Inform through PG Cert in T&L in HE Infiltrate University validation policy

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What are we doing at present?

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CURRICULUM – content

RE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY

Existing module needs to be converted to explicitly reflect sustainability – 5/10 minutes

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CURRICULUM – contentRE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY

Proposed module following revalidation No new aims, only amending 2 out of 6 No new learning outcomes, amending 4 out of 9 Rephrasing of curriculum content Two additions to the bibliography ..

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CURRICULUM – contentRE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY

Process Curriculum clusters 1-2-1 with teaching staff Admin support

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CURRICULUM – contentRE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY

Any Questions ?

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: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY?

SPACE – delivery

Changing functional emphasis Changing appearance / atmosphere Changing staff approach Influencing subsequent design and facilities

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What are we doing at present?

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SPACE – delivery

Called the Debating Chamber for 2 reasons Pedagogic - interactive Sustainability – as process and example

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What are we doing at present?

… the Debating Chamber

The Debating Chamber looking towards the Reading Room

: SOCIAL LEARNING SPACESTHE READING ROOM – IN USE

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PROJECTS – content and delivery?

More and greater variety Informing, providing guidance and resources Live and sponsored Inter-professional and integrated - Dublin

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What are we doing at present?

: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY?

SPACE + PROJECTS – content and delivery?

Barriers encountered – what do you think?

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SPACE + PROJECTS – content and delivery?

Barriers encountered – what do you think? Large class size Inappropriate rooming Timetabling inflexibility Reluctance to adopt change

E.g. fear of innovation; risk-averse; time constrained

‘Feed me’ student attitude

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DELIVERY

RESOLVE AN ISSUE - A SHORT ACTIVITY

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DELIVERY

RESOLVE AN ISSUE – FEEDBACK

and if we get it right we could have ..

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.. the ideal graduates ! ..