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Learn more about ESD will give you access to the key learning and teaching concepts (sustainability competencies), themes, case studies, course design issues, and drivers underpinning ESD.

Overview

This toolkit has been split into four ‘element’ sections focused on practical course design and teaching resources that can be used in any order depending on your requirements.

It is worth taking some time to explore all of these areas, as you are likely to find something useful in all of them.

Toolkit elements

ESD course design resources

This element includes tools to assist you to review and design ESD into programmes and modules that includes programme level review questions, example learning outcomes, and mapping tools.

Broadening student’s sustainability knowledge

This element provides resources to support the broadening of student’s awareness of sustainability issues, concepts, and practices. It includes resources on incorporating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into teaching, and important sustainability topics such as climate change education.

Learning activities to introduce the development of sustainability competencies

This element provides examples of practical learning activities and teaching approaches to introduce student sustainability competencies into your teaching.

Learning activities to enhance the development of sustainability competencies

This element provides examples of practical learning activities and teaching approaches to enhance student sustainability competency development in your teaching.

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Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit by Editor: Nick Bunyan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.