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Certificate of Achievement

Marco Bertolini

has completed the following course:

Introduction to Teaching Sustainability and Climate Action

The University of Glasgow

This online course provided learners with a fundamental understanding of the phenomenon of climate change, including its causes and consequences. Learners discussed the need for climate action at a range of spatial scales while taking into account local and global actors.

4 weeks, 3 hours per week

Dr Ria Dunkley

Senior Lecturer in Geography, Environment and Sustainability

The University of Glasgow

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explore Climate Change: causes, consequences and the social context
  • Discuss the need for action (IPCC latest report; youth calls for action – moral imperatives)
  • Assess education as an effective route for action
  • Debate the spatial contexts of Climate Change Education: institutional changes; shaping cultural shifts; population-scale influence
  • Explore moving beyond traditional Education for Sustainable Development modes towards more ecologically conscious learning modes (ecopedagogy)

Syllabus

  • Perspectives on climate change
  • The importance of the social context for climate change
  • Understanding the need for climate action
  • An introduction to ecopedagogy
  • Enacting ecopedagogy
  • Ecopedagogy in practice

Issued on 7th August 2023

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Free online course:

Introduction to Teaching Sustainability and Climate Action

The University of Glasgow