Teacher Training
6th Training
During the session, the challenges and opportunities associated with developing sustainable solutions in contexts of high uncertainty were discussed, highlighting the importance of innovation in business models, systemic transformation, and the integration of sustainability principles into operations and engineering design.
“Systems Thinking and sustainable development – an introduction” given by Professor Stephen Sterling
5th Training
2nd Training
Title: Futures envisioning and Futures Thinking
Trainer: Daniella Tilbury
Format: Face-to-face workshop
Date: 29 May from 1pm to 5pm
Training Topics:
- Basics of Sustainability; The UN SDGs; 2030 Agenda for SD;
- Strategies for ESD;
- Student Engagement and Leadership in Higher Education for Sustainability.
‘How to introduce Sustainability and the SDGs in Engineering Courses’ given by Professor Jordi Segalàs Coral e Gemma Tejedor Papell
1st Training
Title: How to introduce Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the subjects of Engineering’
Instructors: Jordi Segalàs e Gemma Tejedor
Form: Workshop presencial
Date: 27 e 28 de junho das 14h às 18h
Objectives:
- To understand the concept of ESDGs and its relevance in higher education.
- To know the Engineering Sustainability Map and how to use it.
- To Design a training activity for a subject so that the student works simultaneously on sustainability and a specific competency of the degree program.
Prior to the workshop, the trainees were provided with a selection of materials for their reference:
1) Watch the following videos:
- Do you know all 17 SDGs? https://sdgs.un.org/goals
- What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? watch
2) Read the documents:
- EESD Barcelona Declaration. (https://www.eesd2020.org/barcelona-declaration/)
- Education for Sustainable Development Goals. Learning objectives (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000247444) (Only up to page 11, just before the description of SDG 1 begins).
- Paper: Tools for Embedding and Assessing Sustainable Development Goals in Engineering Education (https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2117/356705/sustainability-13-12154-v2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y) (only Introduction, pages 1-3)
- Sustainability Competency Map for Engineering Education
3) Answer the questionnaire about the documents you have read, before June 26th at 23:59 (https://forms.gle/437WRpQzuLZ6bTJk6)
