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PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ESDGC AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY What role for Learning & Teaching?

PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ESDGC AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY What role for Learning & Teaching?. What is Education for Sustainable Development & Global Citizenship?.

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PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ESDGC AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY What role for Learning & Teaching?

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  1. PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ESDGC AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY What role for Learning & Teaching? Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  2. What is Education for Sustainable Development & Global Citizenship? ESDGC is education that seeks to develop a deeper knowledge, understanding and holistic vision of all aspects of Sustainable Development & Global Citizenship. In Wales, we use the acronym ‘ESDGC’ (Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship) in place of the more usual ‘ESD’.

  3. ESDGC enables people to be enthusiastic participants in social transformations towards a sustainable society, by giving them the skills to address a changing world, focusing on behaviours and attitudes, and developing values that enable them to take personal action. It should impact on all areas of our lives and all parts of society. Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  4. "We're not the first to discover this, but we'd like to confirm, from the crew of Apollo 17, that the world is round." -- Eugene Cernan, Commander Virtually every picture showing the full Earth derives from one photograph taken in 1972. Yet hardly anybody notices this. Neil Fraser, March 2001 http://neil.fraser.name/writing/earth/ Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  5. ESDGC comprises knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. • It encompasses: • skills development, including aspects such as critical thinking • the ability to argue effectively • the ability to challenge injustice and inequality • co-operative working … Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  6. … • making links between society, economy and environment, and between our own lives and those of people throughout the world • caring for ourselves, for each other and the environment • recognizing the needs and rights of both present and future generations … Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  7. … • positively influencing the relationships between power, resources and human rights • understanding the local and global implications of everything we do and the actions that individuals and organisations can take in response to local and global issues … Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  8. … • appreciating our individual and collective role in local and global communities • acknowledging histories and perspectives, both our own and those of others throughout the world • providing skills and exploring issues in ways which will enable us to make up our own minds and decide how to act in both our personal and professional lives … Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  9. To promote and develop ESDGC in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), the UN University is recognising Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) in ESD. Currently, there are 62 RCEs recognised around the world (4 in the UK). Swansea University is leading the Welsh application to establish RCE Wales - a Wales-wide UNU Regional Centre of Expertise in ESDGC Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  10. WAG ESDGC Strategy for Action Jan. ‘09 • HEIs to identify what actions they are taking to develop ESDGC within their institution. An analysis of good practice is produced to share with HEIs. • HEIs undertake a self analysis of where ESDGC is being taught within their institution and where it could be further incorporated. Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  11. What has this meant for us? • Self analysis completed on course modules • Selected staff interviews conducted • Reported to HEFCW: • Much good practice at Swansea University, though some of it not recognised as ESDGC • More support and guidance to staff would be welcomed • ESDGC can be effectively embedded within existing curricula • A review of existing management instruments at the University could benefit ESDGC provision • Input to ‘ESDGC Good Practice’ report • Report available July 2009 Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

  12. ESDGC, WAG and Swansea University • Recognising the importance and cross-cutting nature of ESDGC, WAG has appointed an ESDGC Champion for Wales, located in DCELLS Strategy Unit • Each HEI has been tasked with appointing an ESDGC Champion: Swansea University’s Champion is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Iwan Davies • Dr Jane Claricoates sits on WAG’s ESDGC Panel • A team, trained and specialising in ESDGC, is established in Swansea University (contact j.claricoates@swansea.ac.uk) Prepared and Presented by Jan Morgan For Swansea University Learning and Teaching event. 2.6.09

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