Two months
During this course we will discuss sustainability education from multiple perspectives, including the concept of sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You will explore the role of different disciplines in promoting sustainability, key sustainability competencies, and how to design teaching and learning activities. We will also reflect on values and emotions in sustainability education.
The course includes interactive individual and group assignments during the teaching sessions and individual pre- and post-assignments connected to each teaching session. Teaching and study methods include dialogic teaching, peer discussions, reflection tasks, group exercises and working in a virtual learning environment.
After this course, you will be able to:
1. Relate sustainability/sustainable development and sustainable development goals (SDGs) to your own specific subject field.
2. Identify and apply different approaches to integrate sustainability into teaching at the course or programme level .
3. Reflect on how sustainability key competencies can be utilised in developing teaching and curriculum in your own disciplinary context.
4. Design and apply learning objectives and teaching and learning activities for integrating sustainability in your own disciplinary context.
5. Consider the role of values and emotions in your own sustainability-related teaching.
Read more about the course in detail here: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/sustainability-in-teaching-3-ects-pedagogical-training-spring-2026?check_logged_in=1