1. Introduction
An innovative program in local High Schools to educate students about key topics of Sustainable Development.
Introductions…
Icebreaker/name game…
This ppt…
Ask for feedback on the training schedule… (more learning for them, or more practical for them to use in class)
Ask questions about their expectations… their expected challenges…
Copenhagen consensus and lead that onto values…

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Aim:
To inspire action towards a sustainable future, through facilitating an educational experience amongst students helping them understand key values which a sustainable society is based upon.
not just a lecture
not just knowledge
Teaching about sustainability emphasises critical and creative thinking, problem solving, decision making, analysis, co-operative learning, leadership, and communication skills.

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Objectives:
Chinese students learn more about Sustainable Development in China and globally, and improve their English
International students come to China and learn more about Sustainable Development in China
Chinese students and International students learn more about each other’s culture and perspectives
Introduce non-rote forms of learning into schools
(Company employees learn, develop their skills and) give back

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Raise awareness so students know WHAT the issues are

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Increase this knowledge (see here for list of topics) beyond the basics so students understand WHY the issue exists

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Relate the knowledge to the students lives and the real world, so students understand HOW these issues affect them and wider society

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Explore WHICH behaviours and actions create and solve the issues.
Explore WHICH behaviours and actions create and solve the issues. Promote these values:

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Students become WILLING to create a sustainable society

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Create opportunities to ACT and make society more sustainable

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This is important because this is not just a ‘normal class’.
The content is designed to look at issues from different perspectives; to look at ‘why’ problems exist, ‘how’ solutions can help etc. For example, promoting the values:
Respect: for different people, environment etc
Interdependence: how things are connected and depend on other things etc
Equality: why people suffer/benefit and others don’t
Responsibility: how individuals (the students) can help, now or in the future
This is not difficult, but it is a different approach to just teaching students information that they learn. Students need to THINK –as do the volunteers running the classes!

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AIESEC recruits
participating schools
AIESEC recruits
volunteers from overseas
Company volunteers
confirm availability
Schools confirm timetables:
BJ & TJ=1 class per day for 2-3 wks, each school
(repeated 2 more times over next 4-6 wks)
SH =1 class per week for 12 wks
(different day of week each school.
3 schools simultaneously)
Plan and other NGOs provide training
to volunteers as and when required
Schools and volunteers are matched
Up and volunteers give classes
Program impact is measured and stakeholders participate in an Impact day at the
end of the semester to evaluate the program and prepare for the next semester

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AIESEC
Creating life-changing internship opportunities for ‘EPs’
Generating skill development opportunities for members
Generating opportunities to increase cultural understanding and to make a positive impact on society
Plan
Development Education activity: Activities that promote public knowledge and understanding of development issues and through improved awareness of our global interdependence encourage joint action to make the world a more equitable place

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Roots and Shoots (Jane Goodhall Institute)
Provide environmental education and opportunities to help the environment

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Round 1:
Shanghai and Beijing. Totally 1,800 HS students, 10 trainees, 22,000 RMB, 6 High Schools.
Not enough time with the same students. Some language problems
SES =Shanghai Experimental School who had 130 students attend more 15 hours of SD and 10 hours of Culture over 2 weeks. The students also completed a mini-project designing their own presentations about the topic they felt most activated around.

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Round 1 feedback:
EPs need better preparation. Many EPs missed the training
Better training, including on teaching methodologies
Lack of interactivity in Schools, lack of buy-in by teachers in schools; lessons more on culture; many random topics suggested by schools
Poor evaluation methodologies
HS Students reported enjoying program and learning a lot
EPs reported they learnt a lot about SD and China and had fun
Communication was not very good; lack of PCs/internet!

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Round 2:
Beijing. Totally 1,000 students. 4 Trainees. 13,000 RMB. 3 High Schools
Had more time with students, including some homework
80% are pleased but 40% not find it interesting enough (often too general)

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Round 2 feedback:
The more lessons, the better for students to understand issues
Our way of designing class activities should be more diversified and meet student interests;
English level largely affects learning results in both facilitators aspect and student capability aspect;
International trainees’ positive characteristics and facilitation skills are crucial for the learning results and student feedbacks;
International trainees’ SD understanding and language level are important factors too (some accents hard to understand);

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Round 3:
BJ: 5 schools, SH: 3 schools, TJ: 2 schools, XN: 1 school
Approximately 1,500-2,000 students have 5-10 classes +project
Approximately 1,500+students have 1-3 classes
140,000 RMB including volunteering for Uni students & Prize trip
Impact days coming up: 25th, 31st, 8th for evaluation (qualitative and quantitative)
Cisco volunteers

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Round 3 feedback:
Better expectation setting, interview & selection criteria
Better communication, responsibilities LCs-Trainees
Fixed schedules, advance warnings, feedback from schools
Ongoing communication (google group) and team skills!
Minimum standards from schools inc. homework
Need to be busier

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Round 3 feedback:
Make classes: More solution orientated… what is already happening to make things better. Look more at root causes. More emphasis on the World. Less statistics; more on issues, general etc. (otherwise some ppl think why foreigners teaching about china)
Explain impact system better, and give more training on it

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Principles
1. Learn by doing
2. Create your own content, games etc
3. Use examples, practical etc (relate)
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Training:
Designed to
Help you understand about the program and how it will make a difference
Help you learn about SD and China (we will cover a lot of topics. You will only teach a few)
Help you ‘facilitate’
Give some content/activities/resources/links you can use in class
Let you have fun
Not designed to:
Give you the presentations/class plans for you to use (though you can use the material you get in the training, and you can use previous rounds’ material)
Make you listen and not be active
Fall asleep –but it will be VERY intense!

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Training:
More knowledge focused than the classes you will give
Different types of activities, you can use any of the formats and adapt for other topics
You are expected to do your own reading and create your own content and activities too
Each of you is at a different level, so be patient, but learn from each other
As you practice more, you will get better!

23. Expectation Setting

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In Schools:
Class-time
Different topics
Different forms of interactivity
Out-of-class
Log books
Company volunteers

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Impact:
M&E will be discussed later
Learning Log
Quantitative assessment -Feedback forms
Qualitative assessment –activity based
Culminates in Impact day with stakeholders attending and certificates
Impact on yourselves?

26. Its up to you to decide what ‘impact’ you want…
What are your objectives?
What do you want to learn?
What do you want to achieve?

27. Appendix: List of topics (flexible)
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Appendix: List of topics (flexible)
Note: All topics should be related to Sustainable Development
Poverty
Education
Health (inc. HIV/AIDs)
Water and Sanitation
Biodiversity
Urbanisation, e.g. transport
Global Warming
Social Entrepreneurship
Gender
Demographics (age, location, population)
Livelihoods (employment) and trade (globalization)
Technology
Energy and consumerism
Resource use
Conflict and natural disaster
Law and corruption
Institutions and Sectors (gov, business, civil society, media, legal)
Individual (ACTION!)

29. Key success factors
Adjust language
Ensure interactive and focus on the values approach
Keep it simple, but make them think
Don’t forget to ‘relate’!
Link to actions
Measuring the impact
Your time –not being bored, being prepared etc
You working together and being constructive