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Shared Learning, Shared Story, Shared Action: Curricular & Co-Curricular Tools for Engaging the Social Dimensions of Change AASHE Conference, October 7 th , 2013. Presenters: Deborah McNamara, Directo r of Organizational Partnerships, Northwest Earth Institute - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Shared Learning, Shared Story, Shared Action: Curricular & Co-Curricular Tools for Engaging the Social Dimensions of Change
AASHE Conference, October 7th, 2013
Presenters: Deborah McNamara, Director of Organizational Partnerships, Northwest Earth InstituteLacy Cagle, Director of Curriculum & Community Engagement, Northwest Earth Institute
Briefing Objectives
Introduce NWEI’s sustainability-focused courseware as a curricular and co-curricular tool for your campus/classroom
Discuss NWEI’s Pedagogy & Theory of Change
Highlight implementation ideas
National non-profit leader in the
development of innovative sustainability courseware for over 20 years
145,000 people engaged, over 300 higher education institutions, 4,000+ students, faculty, staff engaged each year
Offerings: Course books, EcoChallenge, Online Platform
About Northwest Earth Institute
About Northwest Earth Institute
Course books = discussion/dialogue based
We believe change starts at the personal level
Change is most effective in a social context
Content = accessible, stories, investigative journalism, opinion pieces, thought leaders in sustainability field
Course Book Topics:
Choices for Sustainable Living Menu for the Future Hungry for Change: Food, Ethics &
Sustainability Sustainable Systems at Work Voluntary Simplicity Discovering a Sense of Place Reconnecting With Earth A World of Health:
Connecting People, Place and Planet
Change By Degrees: Addressing the Climate Challenge
Discussion questions included Inquiry based, participatory
learning Additional resources, action
planning tools and action assignments included
Pedagogy & Theory of Change
“The volume of education continues to increase, yet
so do pollution, exhaustion of resources,
and the dangers of ecological catastrophe. If still more education is to save us, it would have to
be education of a different kind: an education that
takes us into the depth of things.”
-E. F. Schumacher
Recognizing, examining, and recreating our assumptions about the systems of which we
are a part Critical reflection
Interpretive, learner-centered approach to education
Collaborative construction of knowledge Skill development
Pedagogy & Theory of Change
Transformative Learning
“Information alone is just noise; it has to be applicable, it has to be interesting, it has to be doable, it has to have personal relevance. That is the power of the NWEI method. Because it’s not a question of ‘what did the author say about so-and-so?’ It’s ‘What do you think? How can you use it? And what was your reaction?’”
- Lena Rotenberg, Educational Consultant
Shared discovery: Use both dialogue & discussion to drive critical thinking and action. Share perspectives & experiences.
Personal reflection: Included discussion questions are personal, connect material to real life, community, values. Identify & assess your own assumptions.
Positive action: Apply your learning. Consensus is not the goal.
Why It Works
80% feel a greater sense of personal obligation for solving environmental challenges
73% more regularly make reductions in energy and water consumption
72% take more seriously the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, rising personal consumption and limited natural resources
60% more frequently volunteer for environmental causes and make alternative transportation choices
70% buy more local and organic produce 87% feel the small group discussion process was helpful in creating
change
RESULTS:Community, Self-reflection, Interaction, Active learning, Increased sense of responsibility
Implementation
Classroom/Supplement to existing course Introductory – as stand alone course
text, supplemental process 300+ level – as supplemental text and
process Capstone Courses
Implementation Faculty and staff professional
development Student life: Residence Life, EcoReps Green Teams Sustainability Office Programming Study Abroad Service Learning Freshman Orientation/First Year
Experience Libraries/Reference
Implementation
Birmingham-Southern College: Year-long, cross-disciplinary Dialogue Series on Food Illinois Wesleyan University: Sustainability training for Residential Advisors/Office of Res Life University of Portland: Food Justice Internship University of Florida: University Green Team Captains’ training
Visit www.nwei.org
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
*Visit our booth in the Expo Hall, Books in Bookstore