EDU5569 Critical Pedagogy of Place

In this course, sustainability is developed as an urgent and unique context for motivating and designing curriculum and instruction. Armed with their vision for sustainable future and their understanding of the values, skills and knowledge required for making the changes required to achieve this vision, students will learn how to assess existing curriculum for supporting or integrating sustainability. They will also use this framework to guide their development and implementation of curriculum and instruction that facilitate effective civic engagement for sustainable communities. Students in this course will experience and learn how to use classroom community development, critical pedagogy of place and problem-based learning in the development of curriculum and instruction for sustainability.

Credits

3