In this module, future teachers learn how to design a lesson around the plastic dilemma, combining research on socio-scientific issues (SSI) and education for sustainable development (ESD). It incorporates inquiry-based learning and presents current research on plastic waste, aiming to raise awareness among the younger generation.
The module contains a module outline, a poster, worksheets and student handouts.
Module Outline
Poster
Worksheets
Student Handouts
About ENSITE
ENSITE (Environmental Socio-Scientific issues in Initial teacher Education) was an Erasmus+ project that ran from 2019-2022, supporting the development of future science and maths teachers’ environmental citizenship and related teaching competences. ENSITE aims at improving higher education by including environmental socio-scientific issues (SSI) in science initial teacher education (ITE).
The project was coordinated by the International Centre for STEM Education (ICSE ) at the University of Education Freiburg, who worked with partner teams of higher education institutions from 11 countries across Europe.
A total of 12 modules have been developed. Modules 1-6 focus on the learning processes to develop competences within the field of environmental SSI whereas modules 7-12 focus on the teaching processes to aquire skills for giving SSI lessons. The individual modules can be used as stand-alone modules in combination with IO1, used as an introduction.
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Disclaimer:
The creation of these resources has been co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU under grant no. 2019-1-DE01-KA203-005046. Neither the European Union/European Commission nor the project’s national funding agency [DAAD] are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.
CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license is granted.
Image source: Own illustration (ICSE)
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