ELE565 NEW TRENDS IN EDUCATION:EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
| Course Code: | 4100565 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Elementary Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | PhD |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GAYE TEKSÖZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course the student will:
- learn the concepts of Sustainable development and Education for Sustainable Development.
- develop a vision for Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in international, national and individual levels.
- develop their capacity to prepare a project and a lecture on ESD,
- develop their ability to design a research proposal on ESD.
- to develop their self motivation and qualification to resarch, teach and discus issues in ESD.
Course Content
The main focus of the course is the growing importance of education and its contributions to change in an increasingly globalised world. As the State`s role in economic policy has reduced considerably and when the importance of knowledge and skills for the global economy is widely acknowledged, many governments are prioritizing education as a key policy area. Terms such as ´lifelong learning´ are frequently heard in educational discourse, yet this discourse is often separated from debate, policy and practice related to the challenge of sustainability. This course aims to make good this deficiency. Though the core themes, the course will provide opportunities for students to reflect on the potential for environmental education (EE) and education for sustainability (EfS) to play their part in shaping future agendas and practice.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- use teaching techniques for Education for Sustainable Develpoment
- capable of designing and applying a research on Education for Sustainable Develpoment (ESD)
- discuss and evaluate the related literature on ESD
- discuss the areas of research in ESD to be fullfilled