With SDG 4.7 calling for all learners to acquire the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, the aim of this forum is to share how higher education institutions in our region are progressing towards putting this ambitious goal* into practice, and to inspire and support the sector to accelerate action.
Session 4: Empowering Higher Ed educators to integrate ESD into their teaching
Integrating ESD across the whole curriculum is a key approach to ensuring all learners have the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development. However educators in different disciplines may not have the specialised ESD knowledge, confidence, time or resources to integrate ESD into their own teaching. This session will explore approaches Higher Ed institutions in our region are taking to support and empower educators across the institution to integrate ESD into their teaching.
- Jen Dollin, Director, Sustainability Education and Partnerships, Western Sydney University) – The Educators Guide for Sustainability Teaching and Learning (& Moderator)
- Maryam Sharifkhani, Postdoc Fellow, Vice-Chancellor’s Office, University of Canterbury – SDG tagging program and lecturer surveys
- Emma Mills, Lecturer, Director of Student Experience, School of Art & Design, UNSW – ESD Community of Practice – A heuristic model empowering educators as active agents of change
- Dr Liza Barbour, Education Fellow (Planetary Health), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science & Gitanjali Bedi, Senior Lecturer, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University – Co-designing planetary health curriculum for health professions education to progress the SDGs
- Brittany Vermeulen, Sustainability Program Manager, Western Sydney University – Update on the ACTS sustainability literacy and culture survey working group
The Forum is part of the activities of the ACTS/SDSN AusNZPac Mainstreaming education for SDGs member support group, and builds on the three earlier regional forums on accelerating education for the SDGs in 2021 and 2022. Find out more at: https://ap-unsdsn.org/
