EDU 5549 Sustainability Education Institute
The Institute for Sustainability Education is an intensive collaborative experience designed to build a community of K-12 educators who are sustainability education leaders and practitioners. The Institute features focused strands for grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Participants will build content knowledge including sustainable development, ecological footprint, Green Chemistry, ecological economics, energy technology, and related topics. Participants will explore and create resources and curricula integrating concepts of sustainability into existing stantards-based math, social studies, science and ELA curriculum, applying interdisciplinary problem-based, inquiry-based, constructivist learning and systems thinking. Extensive action-oriented resources will be provided. Program evaluation support for participants will continue throughout the year to assess the Institutes's impacts on student achievement.