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Unfolding the Green Competence Framework

The policy of the European Sustainability Competence Framework was adopted in June 2022. This innovative deepening of educational ambition identifies the key skills that are required to meet the profound systems-level challenges that we face. This course opens up the powerful role that teachers can play in advancing our understanding and response to the sustainability crisis.

06.10.2023
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Description

  The new framework is certainly challenging. How do we mobilise our students to “engage in complexity” and “exploratory thinking”? How do we raise their learning to “systems thinking” and enable them to do effective, “problem framing”? And given the challenges posed by widespread misinformation and political cynicism, climate anxiety and social trends towards polarisation, how do teachers provide empowering “futures literacy”, that can inspire students to “promote nature” and “fairness”. How can schools develop “political agency” and “collective action” in a safe and robust way?   This course will first take a tour of the four “competence areas” of the new framework, before providing an opportunity to be actively engaged at a new level of sustainable education. The mainstream science is emphatic in its conclusions, the status quo is not sustainable. Education, like every other domain of society needs a fresh and regenerative response that is constructive, not intimidated by the science. This course offers the first few steps in that direction.

Learning objectives

  In this course, participants will:
  • Become familiar with the main concepts and ambitions of the Green Competence Framework
  • Identify both the weaknesses of current ‘green education’ paradigm and see engaging ways of moving forward
  • Read materials, listen to podcasts and watch ‘systems’ level insights into the sustainability crisis
  • Choose a short task that introduces these new perspectives into their home school community

Methodology & assessment

The course is offered as an asynchronous course with flexibility in regard to when and where participants follow the course content and join the course activities. However, there is a final deadline in place for the submission of a course product. Participants are required to actively contribute to the course activities by sharing their work and submitting a course product. This product is submitted and assessed by peers or the course instructor in the final module of the course.

Certification details

 

Upon successful completion of the course a digital course certificate is awarded. The certificate shows the name of the learner and key course details such as the estimated learning hours, the learning objectives, and a link to the course homepage.

Additional information

  • Language:
    English
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
    Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
  • Target audience type:
    Head Teacher / Principal
    Teacher
    Teacher Educator
  • Learning time:
    5-10 hours