Curriculum and Staff Development

1. Curriculum and Staff Development PP4SD: Professional Practice for Sustainable Development

2. Curriculum and Staff Development • Introduction to PP4SD • Example activities • Discussion: how can you use PP4SD for your curriculum and staff development?

3. pp4sd.org.uk • Professional training to increase confidence and competence to integrate SD principles into working practice • 1999 Working party: EA, CEE, IES, TNS • Development of sustainability framework • Inter-professional learning process => Foundation Course; 1-day CPD workshop • Freely-available materials from website • 2008 Mgmt Gp: IES, EA, Soc Env, RSPB

4. Swansea University pp4sd project • KEF Higher Level Skills (4-6) • SMEs (managers, decision-makers) • FHE trainers • 4 target industries: aquaculture, fisheries management, environmental management, agricultural engineering

5. Partners Higher Level Skills Development: Training for innovation management SSC for the environmental and land-based sector Drafting, piloting, mentoring Technical content and piloting; 3M > 100 SMEs Technical content and piloting FHEIs

6. Key components of the PP4SD approach • What do we understand by ‘SD’? • Drivers for change • Systems thinking – connections • 5 Capitals • Case studies • Action planning …

7. PP4SD approach • Transferable SD principles • Transferable tools for SD learning and teaching • Practical action plans

8. Introduction Intro activity Global drivers Case study review Business case for SD Systems thinking 1 Lunch Systems thinking 2 Your business in 5 years Action planning Evaluation, close, tea An example 1-day PP4SD programme

9. Swansea project: PP4SD materials available to you • Comprehensive CD (English Welsh) • Hard-copy Workbooks (English/Welsh) • Environmental Management • Agricultural Engineering • Aquaculture • Fisheries management • www.pp4sd.org.uk • pp4sdinfo@swansea.ac.uk