1. Sustainable Societies: Practical Education for Sustainable Development Innovations in Teaching and Learning MESA UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME: Educate the Educators ESD Innovation Course (UNEP/SADC-REEP) Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi-Kenya 4-9 May 2006

2. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 MESA University Programme TASK - Integrate ESD issues into higher education AIM - ESD issues become part of all programs over the next 8 years OBJECTIVE - courseware and methodology to start the ESD mainstreaming process

3. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 Desired MESA Outcomes A general ESD course that can be used at home

4. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 Sustainable Societies

5. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 Objectives Develop sustainability issue literacy Develop students’ abilities to critique and create strategies that address sustainability challenges

6. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 Description A one semester course that is relevant, usable, clear, applicable, measurable Focused on cross-sectoral sustainability issues and strategies to address them Designed to complement existing programs Designed for IL and ICT delivery

7. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 Balanced Social EconomicEnvironmental

8. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 Equally relevant Social Sciences Natural Sciences Agriculture Engineering Health Business Law

9. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 Structure Case Study-based UNCSD sustainability issues Uses existing UN materials 3 parts

10. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 10 Part 1 – Introduction

11. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 11 Part 2 – Case Study and associated issues

12. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 12 Part 2 - Issue scalability

13. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 13 Part 3 – Application

14. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 Outcomes Issue Literacy Capacity for Strategy Creation Ability to use information

15. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 15 What’s different Student-centric Addresses all UNCSD issues Emphasis on change of thinking Final exam is provided at the start of the course All work published to a searchable data warehouse Scalable Can be used for private, NGO and government sector training / sensitizing

16. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 16 ESD across entire curriculum Breaks the discipline-based straightjacket Supports university needs to: –Provide relevant / applicable learning –Focus on development priorities –Support community needs –Develop students’ problem-solving capabilities

17. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 17 Building ESD throughout Africa Develop a network of affiliated universities –Building and sharing cases that address real SD needs –Sharing issue materials and knowledge –Creating and publishing student projects –Providing an open database of ESD materials Create universal SD issue literacy

18. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 18 The future? Potential to impact African Universities over 8 years 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 * 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 351+

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20. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 20 The following are extra slides

21. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 21 Part 1 – Introduction Objective: Initial subject and issue literacy Orientation Give Pre-Test Student team builds solution Introduce 25 Sustainability Issues Define Sustainable Development Provide final exam

22. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 22 Part 2 – Case study and associated issues Objectives: Applied issue literacy Ability to critique Introduce case SD Issues associated with the case Issue inter-relationships Remaining issues

23. Copyright 2006 ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 23 Part 3 – Application Objective: Ability to synthesize and create SD strategies Second case (final exam) Student team reports out Post-test