Core modules
Pedagogies for Sustainability and Transformative Learning EFS501
This module will introduce students to a range of pedagogies for sustainability and transformative learning, including experiential, participatory, interdisciplinary, active and place-based pedagogies. They will have the opportunity to engage and critically reflect on these approaches as well as develop their own pedagogical skills as leaders of sustainable education, with reference to the United Nations SDGs.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 17.
Beginning Research Matters EDST520
This module enables students to develop a self-directed in-depth study of an area of educational interest. It further provides a basic introduction to research methods to establish some of the fundamentals of research design and process. The student has the opportunity to identify their own educational points of focus by either studying an area outside the scope of modules on offer; or to pursue in greater depth an area touched upon in an earlier module.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 4.
Biodiversity and Nature Connection in Education ESF503
Through this module learners will understand the importance of biodiversity in the context of sustainability, specifically addressing SDG15 as well as addressing relevant aspects of SDGs 3, 4 and 13. Linked to the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy and the associated Education National Park initiative, the module will equip students with the knowledge and skills to be able to plan a site-based educational intervention to enhance biodiversity and affect social and environmental change.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 13, 15.
Introduction to Work Based Learning EDST519
This module is intended to provide students with the opportunity to maximise learning opportunities which accrue from part-time, term-time (PTTT), volunteering and vacation experience, which could include paid or unpaid work, based on the recognition that learning takes place in a wide variety of situations and settings. The module will contextualise work-based learning in higher education; and consider its potential for learning about the self, education and society.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 4.
Optional Modules
Sustainability in Creative Communication EFS502
This module aims to explore the role of the arts and creativity as methods of communication for developing more sustainable futures. Students will develop their understanding of a broad range of creative communication methods that offer interdisciplinary, participatory, and active approaches to sustainable development education. The module will explore ways that arts and creative communication can provide innovative and accessible ways to build more peaceful and inclusive sustainable societies (Goal 16). By exploring how creative communication has been a driver for social change, this module will provide students with a grounded, inter-disciplinary awareness of the potential of the arts reduce inequalities (Goal 10) and promote climate action (Goal 13).
UN Sustainable Development Goals 4, 10, 13, 16.
Learning outside the classroom EDST521
This module focuses on the understanding and personal exploration of Learning Outside the Classroom and Outdoor Learning. Understanding of the field will be gained through theoretical and practical sessions. Students are encouraged to link theory with practice and will devise and justify (drawing on literature and personal reflection) a program of activities for a targeted group in a named real-world location.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 5, 11, 14, 15.
Sustainable Education in Action – Challenge Module EDST527
Through this module you will be thinking about the big challenges of today in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through a service learning and collaborative sustainable education approach, you will be creatively engaged with pressing issues across the city and local area in order to facilitate learning that helps us make positive change together. This module will enable you to reflect on your development as: competent and confident professionals, sustainable and global citizens, resilient and thriving individuals, and critical and creative learners.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, 11.
Child Well-being in the Developing World – Challenge Module EEC545
Through this module you will be thinking about the big challenges facing young children today in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through reflecting on childhood and the well-being of young children in the developing world (defined as those that are low on the UN Human Development Index), we will be looking critically at issues such as poverty, global inequalities, access to resources, education, health, conflict, livelihoods and sustainability.
UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 6, 10, 11.