| Date | 2022-04-25 15:00 – 18:00 |
| Location | https://zoom.us/j/93050731990 |
There is global agreement that education system transformation needs to take both concerns of social justice and planetary well-being into consideration[1]. These issues come strongly into focus with international and nationally policy initiatives that set aspirational goals for transforming societies. These are not uncontested and require critical as well as co-constructive engagement at all levels of the education and training system.
To date not much discussion has taken place at Rhodes University on the implications of including sustainability in its institutional development plan, and especially what this means for curriculum (both the explicit, hidden and null curriculum!). This workshop co-ordinated by CHERTL seeks to probe this question with participating academics who are making interesting contributions in the area of sustainability and planetary well-being as well as social justice. In particular we are interested in probing the intersectionality of these concerns, as they relate to enhancing the quality and relevance of undergraduate education, and curriculum transformation more widely.
The intended outcome of the workshop, hosted over two afternoons, is to collaboratively develop tools for curriculum innovation that can be more widely shared across disciplines at Rhodes University.
[1] https://en.unesco.org/futuresofeducation/ – see the UNESCO Futures of Education report
PROGRAMME :
Monday 25 April, 2022
14:00 – 15:00
Sustainability in focus at Rhodes University – seen from a history of sustainability in University education world-wide and in Africa
Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Monday 25 April, 2022
15:00 – 17:00
Sustainability and curriculum innovations at Rhodes University: some examples and questions focusing on the explicit, implicit and null curricula
Workshop: Co-constructing a set of ‘cards to share’ –
What principles can we surface together to support education at the intersection of planetary well-being and social justice?
Facilitators: Lynn Quinn and Jo-Anne Vorster
Jen Snowball
Gladman Thondhlana
Liezel Jacobs
Shuaib Rahim
Outcome: Sustainability Principles for Education Transformation (co-developed cards to share)
Tuesday 26 April,
14:00 – 15:00
Connections between curriculum, campus sustainability practice and community sustainable development actions:
Di Hornby, Ingrid Schudel and Carlene Royle, James Gambiza and the SDG ‘wheel’ for monitoring and sharing practices
Tuesday 26 April,
15:00 – 17:00
Workshop: Transforming University Education for Sustainable Futures – A start small, think big, and act now workshop. What can we each do going forward, and what can we do better together?
Facilitators: Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Jo-Anne Vorster and Mandy Hlengwa