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11-10-2012 U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T Lecture + Workshops: Sustainability, Cultural understandings and Active Citizenship Group work: Construct a digital learning material. Denmark Frank Jensen and T orben Olsen UNIVERSITY COLLEGE U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Schedule for today � 9.00: Sustainability – Frank � 9.30: Dilemmas: Group work � 10:00: Coffee break � 10.30: Recording of “Fairytales” � 11.00: Culture and citizenship. Introduction to the afternoons workshops –Torben � 12.30: Lunch � 13.30: Afternoon workshops: Make an outline for a digital learning material � 15.15: Presentations � 16.00: Coffee break � 16.30: Evaluation of todays lectures and workshop (by the Danish Students) � 17.30: Cultural expression of the Netherlands � 18:00: Rehearsal of play � 18:30: The End ☺ U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 1

11-10-2012 Evaluations of todays work Four areas of evaluation: � Relevans for you as a teacher � The academic benefits of today � The quality of the team work in the groups � The frame factors U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Sustainability Brundtland definition Brundtland report defines sustainable development as: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 2

11-10-2012 Sustainability Efforts The Brundtland report points out three main pillars for sustainable development: � Economic growth � Environmental protection � Social equality U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Environmental Justice Health & Safety U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T Clean Water/Air Social Justice Climate Change Emissions Reductions Diversity Envrionmental Reg Biodiversity Human Rights Environmental Research Community Outreach Recycling/Compositing Labour Relations Social Environmental Socio- Environmental Sustainability Socio- Enviro- Economic Economic Job Creation Ressource Efficiency Economic Skills Enhancement Green Energy Local Economic Impact Product Stewardship Business Ethics Improved Technology Innovation Capital Efficiency Risk Management UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Growth Enhancement U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 3

11-10-2012 Sustainability and schools How can we teach these matters in schools? � Eco-schools www.eco-schools.org � Sustainability and teachers education U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Eco-college UC Lillebælt U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 4

11-10-2012 U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Between life conditions and life styles – personal dilemmas Life style Living conditions U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 5

11-10-2012 Schedule for today � 11.00: Culture and citizenship. Introduction to the afternoons workshops –Torben � 12.30: Lunch � 13.30: Afternoon workshops: Make an outline for a digital learning material � 15.15: Presentations � 16.00: Coffee break � 16.30: Evaluation of todays lectures and workshop (by the Danish Students) � 17.30: Cultural expression of the Netherlands � 18:00: Rehearsal of play � 18:30: The End ☺ U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Between life conditions and life styles – a place for decision making and action Life style Living conditions These are not ALL that matters! U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 6

11-10-2012 Dealing with environmental issues exposes our knowledge, skills, values and cognitive ability We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are (Anaïs Nin) So now: A little excurse about the concept of CULTURE U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Cultural perspectives – 1 Personal Culture is a set of learned beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviours which regulate your day to day life. It is: "The way I do things". U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 7

11-10-2012 Cultural perspectives – 2 Three ways to deal with Culture Every man is, in certain respects, Like all other men, Like some other men, Like no other man Clyde Kluckhohn anthropologist known for his long term ethnographic work among the Navajo people U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk The story about 4 chimpanzees – and culture U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 8

11-10-2012 A meeting between individuals is always a intercultural meeting All understanding is build upon our preassumptions We often have a simplified view upon ”the others” In cultural meetings we look upon ourselves not as the ones we are, but as the ones we want to be Cultural self-image is a simplified and idealized perception of our own culture Fixation points: Subjects that can stir you up in a second All understanding is build upon our experiences All our experiences are determined by our position in society (Iben Jensen 1999) 17 Jens Peter Christiansen U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk UCL And now: A trip to Albatros – sit back and enjoy ☺ U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 9

11-10-2012 After the trip to The Island of Albatros Describe the culture of Albatros: � What do you know about the relations between men and women? � What have you learned about the relations to foreigners? � What rituals did you perceive? How would you interpret them? � If you had to stay on the island for some time, what difficulties would you probably have to face? After having read the text about the island of Albatros: � What is different now compared to your first impressions of the foreign culture? � What do you think about your first assessment? U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 20 Back to basics – back to the issues concerning sustainability U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 10

11-10-2012 Many problems in the world today which crosses boarders Wolfgang Klafki (German educational theorist) names them Core Problems -Typical of the epoch � The question of war and peace, weapons etc. � Environmental problems � The societal creation of inequality in the world � The economical inequality in the world � Possibilities and dangers concerning ICT � The human sexuality and relations between sexes � I- and you-relations 21 U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 22 Two questions: Should schools deal with society’s problems? If yes: How should it then affect our future teaching? Think and talk – one minute alone, two minutes in pairs Upload on: http://wallwisher.com/wall/frje4711 U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 11

11-10-2012 Reflections about the teaching (didactic triangle) Which content? Core Subjects: Content problems: Math Economy Cross curricular English Inequality Science Environment What should be the educational goals for the students? And how could the students work with the content to achieve these goals? T eacher Students U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk Immanuel Kant � “Act in a way that humanity in your own person as well as any other person never be treated only as a means, but always also as a goal.” � This is – OF COURSE – also the case for teachers in their teaching. � You cannot moralize and transfer the “right” values and attitudes to the students. � You can only try to learn the students to think for themselves and make up their own opinions, values and attitudes. U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 12

11-10-2012 General Bildung (education) as Wolfgang Klafki sees it…. Bildung is orientated towards the democratic society – a state established and functioning on cultural and legislative insurance of human rights T o possess Bildung means to have achieved the ability to perform as an active citizen in the democratic society. Bildung can be seen as three abilities Self determination (ability to make individual and responsible decisions) Co-determination (the right and responsibility to participate in society) Solidarity (with the ones whose possibilities are limited) Active and informed citizenship (Transformed from Department of Education, Queensland, Australia) • Value democratic • Democratic rights etc. processes • Environmental matters (e.g. • Value social rights physics) • Ecological • Historical perspectives responsibility • Cultural variations • Coherence and connections Values Knowledge Action Cognitive skills processes • Active and discovering • Willingness and ability to criticize (also the ability to be learning self-critical) • Critical, creative thinking • Willingness and ability to argue • Synthetic thinking • Skills concerning participation • Decision-making and in society problem-solving U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E L I L L E B Æ L T I ucl.dk 13