Sustainability in Schools and Teacher Education: International Perspectives and Impulses
19.-23.09.2022 Summer School on site with hybrid offers
Engaging with sustainability must not only be about knowing the problems facing our planet and its inhabitants, but above all, about being actively involved in finding solutions for sustainable education. With a Summer School on Sustainability in Schools and Teacher Education, we approached the topic from an international and interdisciplinary perspective and thus made an active contribution to further strengthening and deepening the topic in teacher education.
The Summer School took place in cooperation with our nine UNITE partner universities and thus offered an opportunity for international cooperation and networking. Participating countries were Argentina, Estonia, Canada, Mexico, Namibia, Austria, Sweden, the USA and Vietnam.
By this, multidimensional perspectives from transdisciplinary as well as theoretical and practical sessions ensured a research-oriented linking of theory and practice.
The Summer School took place on the campus of the University of Cologne. We also offered some digital lectures and workshops.
We thank all participants and guests for this inspiring Summer School!
Interactive welcome (10:30am) Christiane Biehl (Department 93/International Mobility) & Dr. Jan Springob (Center for Teacher Education, ZfL)
Workshops
Workshop: Situated Instruction in Language Classes: A Tool for Diversity Awareness. Carlos Solís (University of Guadalajara, Mexico)
Workshop: Anthropological perspectives on sustainability PD Dr. Michaela Haug (University of Cologne, Germany)
Workshop (online): Transformative learning as a chance to tackle social and environmental problems with sustainable approaches - does that work for you? Prof. Ingrid Geier, Mag. Robert Hummer, Dr. Sandra Stieger (Salzburg University of Education Stefan Zweig, Austria)
Workshop: Creating a Consciousness of Sustainability: Poetry in the Classroom Dr. Harry Roddy (University of South Alabama, USA)
Evening lecture Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education: Perspectives and challenges in practice and research Prof. Marco Rieckmann (University of Vechta, Germany)
Evening Get-Together
TUESDAY (20. September)
Morning lecture 1 Professional Development in Schools: A Sustainable Approach to Addressing Challenges in Schools and Teacher Education Dr. Kevin O’Connor & Jessica Lee Wah (Mount Royal University, Canada)
Morning lecture 2 Cartographies of the gaze other: education for sustainability Prof. Silvia Grinberg (National University of San Martin, Argentina)
Workshops
Workshop: Study Abroad While Staying at Home: A Case Study of a Virtual Intercultural Project on the German Forest Dr. Maris Saagpaak (Tallinn University, Estonia)
Workshop: An overview of the history of the Vietnamese education system - sustainability then and now Dr. Ha Hai Hoang (Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam)
Workshop: Chemistry & sustainability (in primary schools) Dr. Thomas Fischer (University of Cologne, Germany)
Workshop: Time for Co-Creation and Action for Sustainabilty - Margret Rasfeld's FREI DAY Miriam Remy (FREI DAY, Germany)
Evening lecture (hybrid) Sustainable Education for Sustainable Development Marcel Vorage (Salzburg University of Education Stefan Zweig, Austria)
City Tour and other evening activities
WEDNESDAY (21. September)
School visits (morning)
Afternoon
Exchange about school visits
Study and PhD-opportunities in teacher education at the University of Cologne Jan Veldscholten (University of Cologne, Germany)
Video screening: UNITE Outgoings 2022 - voices from abroad
Green Office Initiative Judith Schmidtlein & France Oly (University of Cologne, Germany)
Interactive lecture The Blue Planet Project Dr. Subin Nijhawan, Daniel Emge & Simon Spengler (University Frankfurt, Germany)
THURSDAY (22. September)
Morning lecture 3 How Can We Read When Our Beds Are Burning? Teaching English Literature in Terrible Times Jun.-Prof. Roman Bartosch (University of Cologne, Germany)
Morning lecture 4 (hybrid) Rooting sustainability in schools: exploring ecosystem services of trees and promoting scientific literacy Prof. Angela Hof & Dr. Carola Helletsgruber (University Salzburg PLUS, Austria)
Workshops (afternoon)
Workshop (online): Taking actions for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) Dr. Nguyen Phuong Thao (Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam)
Workshop: Regional food = climate-friendly food? Regarding diet carbon footprints from a life cycle perspective Johanna Rütt (University of Cologne, Germany)
Workshop: Who is afraid of climate change? Postcolonial perspectives on the apocalypse Dr. Franz Krause (University of Cologne, Germany)
Workshop: Creative methods in educational research: The school, the other and the possibility of the common Prof. Silvia Grinberg (National University of San Martin, Argentina)
Workshop (hybrid): Implementing Education for Sustainable Development at Rundu Campus: Perceptions of Teacher Prof. Cornelia N.S. Shaimemanya & Dr. Mathilde Shihako (University of Namibia)
Museums Tour
FRIDAY (23. September)
Impulse Teaching about controversial sustainability issues Prof. Leif Östman, Petra Hansson, Dr. Stefan Bengtsson (Uppsala University, Sweden) Michael Håkansson (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Final Round Table Sustainability in Schools and Teacher Education Host: Dr. Jan Springob (University of Cologne, Germany) Participants: Teachers, students, lecturers from Cologne and abroad
