Education for Sustainable Developement towards Responsible Global Citizenship
Summary of Workshop D
Vienna, 13.-15.3.2006
ESD in Higher Education
What are we talking about?
A process to improve the competences and skills of the students to meet the challenge „change“ through participatory, interdisciplinary solution focused methods of learning
ESD in Higher Education
Students must learn to understand the current situation and learn to evaluate the consequences Values and norms are vital to find more alternatives of action
Challenge for universities: how to create such a learning environment
ESD in Higher Education
Only a small part of the universities engage in ESD
Best practice example (institutional)
BOKU: a management approach to implement ESD Univ. Applied Scienes Zittau / Görlitz: a step to step approach
Best practice example (curricula)
BOKU: Landscape (strong interdisciplinary approach) TU Graz: Engineering („fit for change“!)
Until now there are no guidelines on how to implement ESD
ESD in Higher Education
Need for change must be accepted Strong comittment (vision, mission statement) Universities must become „living universities“ i.e. do yourself what you are teaching Involve the students and staff - continious learning Support ESD networks within the universities Use existing management tools and change them for your own needs ESD must be rewarding for the people involved!
ESD in Higher Education
Change the pattern of thinking
Dont wait - act now!
ESD in Higher Education
The next steps:
Support Networking and Benchmarking „Give a helping hand“ - the question of ressources Develope Guidelines or framework Move from the Copernicus Charta to the Copernicus Guidelines - A possible solution?
Take the Goteborg and Bergen communiques serious!