Sustainable Development Education Network Conference 31 March 2011

1. Sustainable Development Education Network Conference31 March 2011 Rosa Murray Professional Officer (Professional Learning and Development)

2. Understanding Sustainable Development ‘Sustainable development is a way of thinking about how we organise our lives and work – including our education system – so that we don’t destroy our most precious resource, the planet....it must be much more than recycling bottles or giving money to charity. It is about thinking and working in a profoundly different way’ (Department for Education and Skills UK, 2006, p.6)

3. Learning for Sustainable Development Learning to explore the dialectic between tradition and innovation Learning to ask critical questions Educational Shift Learning to respond through applied learning Learning to clarify one’s own values Learning to think systematically Learning to envision more positive and sustainable futures

4. Learning for Sustainable Development Pedagogical Shift Activelearning Problem based learning Critical Incidents Critical reading/writing Interactive Outdoor Learning Modelling good practice Critical reflection