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://policies.mq.edu.au/document/view.php?id=3).

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.

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must achieve a total mark equal or greater than 50%.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Except for the video assessment (Assessment 2) the submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. 

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

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:

• Short presentations to orient the student to concepts and activities;

• Practical activities in small groups in which students are asked to complete a task by sharing knowledge and reflecting on their thinking;

• Presentations of student activities and engagement in peer feedback;

• Contributions to discussion and feedback on the group activities.

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.

Readings

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:

• 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/

Methods of Communication

We will communicate with you via your university email or through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to ENVS8527@mq.edu.au from your university email address.

COVID Information

For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to the Coronavirus infection page on the Macquarie website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.