Category: Pedagogy

  • Why learner-centred?

    Why learner-centred?

    We partners in the Prof E Sus project are adamant on this point. If a sustainable mindset is to be nurtured to the extent that it becomes second nature in your students then the path to this state has to be strongly learner-centred. But why? It can look a little strange to see the list…

  • Why confrontation?

    Why confrontation?

    Why do we need confrontation? Green pedagogy (PDF) advocates starting a learning session by presenting learners with a confrontation, provocation or contradiction. One of our challenges is translating the original Austrian idea of Green Pedagogy which has been described in German, into other languages. So whether the German konfrontation should be translated as contradiction, provocation or…

  • Stort engagement og mange ideer

    Stort engagement og mange ideer

    ProfESus-kursus succesfuldt afsluttet Det sidste og fjerde modul af ProfESus blended learning kursus ”Opdag en bæredygtig tankegang – for fremtidsorienterede fagfolk der arbejder indenfor branchen for gæstgiveri” foregik ved LAUREA – University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Deltagere fra 14 forskellige lande præsenterede deres planer for undervisningsaktiviteter, som de havde udviklet i den online del af…

  • High commitment and many ideas

    High commitment and many ideas

    ProfESus-Course successfully finalized The last Module 4 of the ProfESus blended learning course ”Discovering a Sustainable Mindset – for future-thinking professionals in guest-oriented businesses” was conducted at LAUREA – University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Participants from 14 different countries presented their learning activity plans, which they had developed in the online Module 3 and conducted…

  • Progress on Sustainable Mindset

    Progress on Sustainable Mindset

    We have been working hard in the Prof E Sus project on all aspects of sustainable mindsets: Defining them Identifying them Quantifying them Assessing them Find out more in the latest newsletter below. Newsletter_ProfESus May 18 

  • Teachers as designers of learning environments

    Teachers as designers of learning environments

    A free book from the OECD which is a useful overview of innovative pedagogies.  

  • Invitation to the course

    Invitation to the course

    An invitation to the course starting end of February.

  • An arrow to the future

    An arrow to the future

    Second in my series of sample tasks for a teacher training to help teachers of guest-oriented vocational skills infuse their teaching with more sustainable approaches. This task is proposed for the end of the course when participants are about to go their separate ways. The main aim is to get participants making concrete plans for…

  • Building an ESD trainer FAQ

    Building an ESD trainer FAQ

    Sample task for a teacher training targeted at teachers of guest-oriented vocational skills (food preparation, maintaining cleanliness and textile care). Aims: to anticipate some of the most frequent questions about shifting to a sustainability mindset to add and adapt to a template FAQ to discuss ESD with stakeholders and colleagues Time: 60 – 75 minutes…

  • Sustainability mindset 101

    Sustainability mindset 101

    We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them The quote often attributed to Einstein perfectly explains why it is the mindset which needs to be targeted if we want our students of guest-oriented vocational skills to act more sustainably. Put another way: nothing changes unless mindset…