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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: AIMS – TEACHING & LEARNING To encourage staff … .. to develop and implement excellent, innovative teaching and learning initiatives.. .. through a flexible system of EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: 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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: AIMS – TEACHING & LEARNING To deliver graduates from professionally accredited courses.. .. who understand sustainability from a range of different professional perspectives ..and have acquired relevant skills through integrated (inter-professional) live EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
.. 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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? THEREFORE Education for Sustainability – EfS NOT Education for Sustainable Development - EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: 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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? CURRICULUM – content SPACE – delivery PROJECTS – content and delivery EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY What are we doing at present?
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? CURRICULUM – content RE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY Existing module needs to be converted to explicitly reflect sustainability – 5/10 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? CURRICULUM – content RE/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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? CURRICULUM – content RE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY Process Curriculum clusters with teaching staff Admin EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? CURRICULUM – content RE/VALIDATE MODULES – A SHORT ACTIVITY Any Questions EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? SPACE – delivery Changing functional emphasis Changing appearance / atmosphere Changing staff approach Influencing subsequent design and EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY What are we doing at present?
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? SPACE – delivery Called the Debating Chamber for 2 reasons Pedagogic - interactive Sustainability – as process and EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY What are we doing at present?
… the Debating Chamber
The Debating Chamber looking towards the Reading Room
: SOCIAL LEARNING SPACES THE READING ROOM – IN USE
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? PROJECTS – content and delivery? More and greater variety Informing, providing guidance and resources Live and sponsored Inter-professional and integrated - EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY What are we doing at present?
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? SPACE + PROJECTS – content and delivery? Barriers encountered – what do you EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? 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 EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? DELIVERY RESOLVE AN ISSUE - A SHORT EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
: EfS – CONTENT AND / OR DELIVERY? DELIVERY RESOLVE AN ISSUE – FEEDBACK and if we get it right we could EAUC CONFERENCE. SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
.. the ideal graduates !..