Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Vladimir Strezov
Lecturer
Paul Beggs
Lecturer
Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MEnvEd or MSc or MEnvMgt or MEnvStud or MEnvPlan or MSusDev or MWldMgt or MEnv or MSocEntre or GradCertSocEntre or GradDipEnv or GradCertEnv or GradCertSusDev or GradDipSusDev or MConsBiol or GradDipConsBiol or MPH or MDevStud or MEngEnvSafetyEng or MScInnovationEnvSc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores the role and scope of engagement and education processes in the attainment of sustainable development goals. Students will examine case studies to explore principles of good practice. A framework for planning and evaluating educational programs will be developed. Students will also examine how education processes can be integrated within environment and conservation programs and demonstrate some practical skills in planning and managing an educational experience. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
All assignments must be submitted electronically on the iLearn site.
Each assignment has a separate upload site. The assignment site will usually be a ‘Turnitin’, where your work is reviewed for similarity to websites, articles or other students’ work. If you have not given credit for ideas used to the author or source you will be penalised (failure of the assignment and reporting to a disciplinary committee to determine whether you have breached the University’s Academic Integrity Policy: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-go vernance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/academic-integrity). See information on academic honesty on the iLearn site and techniques on how to avoid common plagiarism errors (https://www.students.mq.edu.au/public/download.jsp?id=201272).
You do not need an assignment cover sheet for electronic submission to ENVS8527, it is understood that you are signing a declaration of honesty. Be sure to add your name, title of work and unit to your work.
Online quizzes, in-class activities, or scheduled tests and exam must be undertaken at the time indicated in the unit guide. Should these activities be missed due to illness or misadventure, students may apply for Special Consideration.
All other assessments must be submitted by 5:00 pm on their due date. Should these assessments be missed due to illness or misadventure, students should apply for Special Consideration.
Assessments not submitted by the due date will receive a mark of zero unless late submissions are specifically allowed as indicated in the unit guide or on iLearn.
If late submissions are permitted as indicated in the unit guide or on iLearn a consistent penalty will be applied for late submissions as follows:
A 12-hour grace period will be given after which the following deductions will be applied to the awarded assessment mark: 12 to 24 hours late = 10% deduction; for each day thereafter, an additional 10% per day or part thereof will be applied until five days beyond the due date. After this time, a mark of zero (0) will be given. For example, an assessment worth 20% is due 5 pm on 1 January. Student A submits the assessment at 1 pm, 3 January. The assessment received a mark of 15/20. A 20% deduction is then applied to the mark of 15, resulting in the loss of three (3) marks. Student A is then awarded a final mark of 12/20.
Late submissions will be accepted for ENVS8527 with penalties.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Journal/Portfolio | 20% | No | 8/04/22 |
Participation in community engagement activity | 20% | No | 26/04/2022 |
Facilitating learning | 30% | No | 30/05/2022 |
Critical evaluation of an education for sustainable development program. | 30% | No | 6/06/2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 28 hours
Due: 8/04/22
Weighting: 20%
Reflection on reading and experience; to include why engaging people in sustainable development is important, how engagement and education is designed and planned, strategies, tools, methods and approaches that can be used to do so.
Assessment Type 1: Work-integrated task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 21 hours
Due: 26/04/2022
Weighting: 20%
Plan and contribute to a work integrated task to engage community with sustainability.
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 32 hours
Due: 30/05/2022
Weighting: 30%
Design and facilitate an education for sustainability learning process
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 27 hours
Due: 6/06/2022
Weighting: 30%
Evaluate an education program to assess how well it exemplifies principles of education for sustainable development
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Class sessions
Class times are shown in the schedule of block mode sessions. Attendance at all sessions is compulsory.
Students can request consultations and extra meetings to discuss the unit content or assessment tasks individually or in groups as required.
This is a block mode unit. There are six full days in semester 1 made up of:
• Four all day class sessions which are run as a series of interactive workshops (9am-5pm) including the final session for students to apply what they have learned and demonstrate that learning by designing and facilitating an education workshop. The participants in the education workshop are the other students.
• One day online forum • One day of fieldtrip
The class sessions provide instructional input and experiential learning by way of a facilitated learning process. This is intended to model practice in engagement, education and to contribute to the student’s understanding of the education for sustainable development process. The sessions include:
Students attend approximately 42 hours of class work (which is compulsory) and are expected to undertake 110 hours of personal study, reading and reflection to present the assessment tasks. Students are responsible for managing their time for learning and the tasks for group work.
Students are invited to make an appointment/s for a tutorial, to gain feedback or to clarify issues from the convenor: vladimir.strezov@mq.edu.au.
Technology used and required
Students are expected to use a computer for academic research and for producing assessment tasks; to have access to the internet, make use of the Macquarie University library, student email, access the iLearn site for the unit and Zoom for the online forums.
Information about iLearn or other resources for this unit
There is ENVS8527 iLearn site for enrolled students. Additional reading lists, resources and
associated presentations are provided in a more detailed guide for enrolled students. Reading to start you off
MUST READ
Tilbury, D. and Wortman, D. (2004) Engaging People in Sustainability, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, Gland and Cambridge Available at: http s://portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/documents/2004-055.pdf
UNESCO Shaping the Future We Want UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Final Report https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/16 82Shaping%20the%20future%20we%20want.pdf
What is education for sustainability? http://aries.mq.edu.au/publications/aries/efs_brochure/
Background on international drivers for EfSD chronologically are
Hopkins, C & McKeown, R (2000). Chapter 2, Education for sustainable development: an international perspective in Tilbury, D., Fien, J., Stevenson, R.B., and Schreuder, D. (2000). Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge. Gland: IUCN Commission on Education and Communication Available athttp://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/ edocs/2002-002.pdf
Wals, A. 2012 “Shaping the Education of Tomorrow” 2012 Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, Abridged version by Kathy Nolan Paris: UNESCO http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002166/216606e.pdf
Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development (2014) http://unes doc.unesco.org/images/0023/002310/231074e.pdf
UNESCO Roadmap for implementing the global action plan for education for sustainable development http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002305/230514e.pdf
UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ sustainable-development-goals/ https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainabl e-development-goals/
Off-shore students
Off-shore students must email the convenor as soon as possible to discuss study options.
COVID information and on-campus classes
On-campus teaching continues to be scheduled for Session 1, 2022. Masks are compulsory for all classes in indoor spaces and social distancing will be implemented wherever possible. Students will also be required to sanitise surfaces before and after use.
Students are requested to minimise the risk of spreading COVID to themselves and others in accordance with the university and NSW Health guidelines: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs and https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/stay-safe.
Any further requirements or changes to units in relation to COVID will be communicated to students via iLearn.
DAY/DATE |
TIME |
SESSION |
LOCATION |
Monday February 28 |
9:00 – 17:00 |
Workshop Session 1: Introduction to sustainability and education for sustainability |
11 WW 150 |
Monday March 14 |
9:00-17:00 |
Workshop Session 2: Engaging society with health and climate change |
11 WW 150 |
Monday March 28 |
9:00-17.00 |
Workshop Session 3: Cultural workshop, participation and community engagement |
11 WW 150 |
Friday April 22 |
Earth Day |
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Monday, April 27-29 |
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Online forum: Reflections on participation in community engagement |
Online |
Monday, May 9th |
9.00-16.00 |
Fieldtrip: Sustainability and environmental education programs |
TBC |
Monday, May 23 |
9.00-17.00 |
Workshop Session 4: Plan and facilitate an education for sustainable development program |
11 WW 150 |
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Date | Description |
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09/02/2022 | The following changes to the unit outline were madew: 1. Changed the "Journal/Portfolio" assessment deadline from 11/04 to 8/04 as 11/04 falls in the mid semester break 2. Changes the "Participation in community engagement activity" assessment deadline from 22/04 to 26/04 as 22/04 falls in the mid semester break 3. Corrected the date for the third workshop to 28 March in the schedule. 4. As the online forum would fall on ANZAC day it is rescheduled to be from 27-29 April online. This is in the schedule. |
Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook