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The rapidly evolving modern society makes the role of the school crucial to prepare young people for the transition to the labor market, and above all to equip them with the knowledge, attitudes and skills to play an active role as future citizens in actions and decisions that will have a positive impact. Teachers can cultivate students' curiosity and provide them with the tools and resources to ask, understand, participate and make the importance of sustainability known. This understanding strengthens individual and collective action in the local, national and international level. In this guide we will put together the basic understandings associated with each goal as a way of informing and stimulating discussions between students and teachers in and out of the classroom.
Students research and decide for the sustainable society of the future as global citizens of the modern world.
- Study, record and analyze real world data thata dealing with global issues problems.
- Research in the local community to find solutions to these problems through questionarries.
- Interview experts and colloborate with stakeholders in order to formulate a plan for integrating and achieving the sustainable development goals of the global and local community.
They record the impact of these issues as students as researchers collect data through questionnaires and interviews about the attitudes and behaviors of their local community members. With the cooperation and support of experts in the workplace,
They prepare voluntary actions and propose solutions aimed at achieving the goals of sustainable development.
The empowerment of students to develop personal and social responsibility, by balancing the demands of the environment, society and the economy, is realized through collaboration and communication activities between student groups, with problem solving, creativity, innovation and digital literacy as one of the key skills of the 21st century in cultivating critical thinking.
Objectives
- Prepare students to deal with complex real-world problems
- Development students' ability to use scientific methods.
- Preparing students to critically evaluate the validity of the data or evidence and their subsequent interpretations or conclusions.
- Teach quantitative skills, technical methods and scientific concepts.
- Increase verbal, written and graphic communication skills.
- Educate students on the values and ethics of working with data.
- Motivate learning through students' interest in a particular problem or in particular.
- Working with data provides students with an excellent environment for interaction with head and opportunities. Research on science education suggests that activities are more effective when designed for student interaction
Expected outcomes
- The main expected result is to increase students 'interest in science, its role, how it affects daily life, and, second, to stimulate teachers' motivation in innovative teaching methods to enrich and enhance curriculum. by applying scientific knowledge to real problems that will prepare students for future roles and decision-making as members of the social community.
- Promote the link between education and workplaces through education for sustainable development.
- In order to address the problems of the 21st century and find solutions to address them locally and globally, trainees must be equipped with relevant skills, knowledge, behaviors and values. It is critical for them to understand themselves and their relationships with others, as well as to realize their individual and collective impact on the world around them.
- Empowering students to learn how to play an active role in their local community, in shaping a more equitable and sustainable world at large, in balancing the demands of the environment, society and the economy.
It is a model of good teaching practice that can be applied by the educational community of all disciplines, that promote the school's collaboration and communication channels with the local community and workplaces to address issues.
Students age group: 12 - 15, 15 - 18
Subject domain: Engineering Mathematics, Science, Mathematics for Humanities, Measurement, Data analysis, Data analysis, Number, Environmental Education, Climate, Energy, Environment, Environmental protection, Natural resources, Useful materials and products, Engineering, Mathematics
# of students participating: 45
Updated on: 20.05.2022
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