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Module EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Module code: EDF464
Credits: 2.5
Semester: 1 and 2
Department: FROEBEL EDUCATION
International: Yes
Coordinator: Aoife Titley (FROEBEL EDUCATION)
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This module will provide students with an opportunity to engage with emerging issues in the area of education for sustainable development (ESD). It will examine the politics, ethics and science behind our relationship with the environment and wider world. The module will support student teachers in reflecting on their rights and responsibilities as global citizens and introduce them to appropriate pedagogical approaches to explore new global realities with children in the primary classroom. This ESD module will explore sustainability from three perspectives; the political, the socio-economic and the environmental and build upon prior learning from DICE modules.
The following topics will be explored:
• Human rights
• Ethical consumerism (food and fashion)
• Interdependence
• Biodiversity
• Climate justice and climate action
• Action and Global Citizenship
• Peace education

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