Book launches "Teaching Sustainable Development: Ethical and Political Challenges"

On 13 and 14 November 2019, SEDwise organised a series of lectures and workshops to launch the book "Sustainable Development Teaching: Ethical and Political Challenges". The book aims to support and inspire teachers to cope with the specificity of sustainability issues and, in particular, with the teaching challenges related to the ethical and political dimension of environmental and sustainability education. Download this flyer to order the book with a 20% discount.

The content of the book was presented and discussed with Ghent University teachers in the context of the learning network 'Sustainable development in my course' (find the programme here). We also collaborated with the Flemish government's Department of Environment on a book launch for teacher trainers, teachers, NGO staff, etc. (find the programme here).

More than 100 teachers and (in-service/pre-service) teacher trainers attended the events and got inspired by the following lectures and workshops:

Lectures:

• Introduction: Aims and focus of the book (Katrien Van Poeck)
• Principles for sustainability teaching (Leif Östman)
• Different traditions in environmental and sustainability education (Johan Öhman)
• Sustainable development teaching in view of qualification, socialisation and person formation (Katrien Van Poeck)
• Transactional theory of sustainable development teaching and learning (Leif Östman)

Workshops:

• Sustainability and wicked sustainability problems (Thomas Block & Erik Paredis)
• Classroom discussions on sustainability issues (Johan Öhman)
• Teacher moves: Political moves (Katrien Van Poeck & Leif Östman)
• Teacher moves: Ethical moves (Katrien Van Poeck, Leif Östman & Johan Öhman)
• Political emotions in the classroom (Ásgeir Tryggvason)
• Values clarification exercises and Forum Play (Pernilla Andersson)