Lesson Plan Using The “Project Y: Exercise for Reorienting Curriculum” Activity

 

Lesson Plan Using The “Project Y: Exercise for Reorienting Curriculum” Activity

Author: Santosh Kumar Biswa, Sr. Teacher, Damphu CS, Tsirang, Bhutan

 

The goal of education has changed in reaction to societal demands, the situation, and the situation's requirements (Salon, 2012). Education equips people with various knowledge and abilities, and it depends on how the curriculum is developed and put into practice. Sustainability in education is the first step in educating students where the consideration of society, economics, and the environment are balanced. Students should understand the interdependence of society, the economy, and the environment, and they should be informed about it. Thus, curriculum modification is necessary because changes are efficient tools that can improve the accessibility of a learning environment for all students. It is a strategy for improving the educational process through the revision of current philosophies to achieve better aims and objectives. (Jalal, n.d.). In this discussion, I will be presenting a lesson plan using the "Project Y: Exercise for Reorienting Curriculum" activity with necessary modifications to meet the core of sustainability education expectations encompassing society, the economy, and the environment.

 

Unit Title	Climate Change through the Short Story “How Close to the Savage Soul” in Winds of Change by John Atcheson
Class Level	10
Goal	To integrate knowledge, issues, skills, perspectives, and values—the five pillars of education for sustainable development—into the existing curriculum.
Learning Outcomes	1.     Explain why climate change is a critical issue on Earth by depicting the consequences brought by climate change. 2.     Promote equality, viability, and responsibility. 3.     Promote community sustainability. 4.     Tell the alternative future through immersion in literature.
	Society	Economy	Environment
Knowledge	Already in my unit: Information and causes of climate change   I would like to add: Sources of climate change and Mechanisms to overcome	Already in my unit: Intensive human activities (factories, petroleum vehicles, pollution, etc.) contribute to greenhouse gases.   I would like to add: Ethical standards, and business excellence.	Already in my unit: Environmental degradation   I would like to add: Green building practices and minimizing carbon emission, renewable and non-renewable resources.
Local Issue	Already in my unit: A frightening near future altered by global warming (destruction of agriculture by rising temperatures and corrosive water).   I would like to add: Preventive measures, role of humans, international cooperation.	Already in my unit: Land use   I would like to add: Decision-making for sustainable development.	Already in my unit: Inequality of people’s own time, and their choices in life.   I would like to add: Roles of humans in the conserving environment, alternative choices, and its benefits to the future generation.
Skills	Already in my unit: Interpretation of information from the story on global warming and its effects.   I would like to add: Society’s resilience to bounce back from climate-related disasters collectively.	Already in my unit: Conservation of environment and natural resources wisely.   I would like to add: Switching to electric vehicles, spending more on greening programs, and decision-making.	Already in my unit: Consequences of disaster due to global warming (e.g., melting of glaciers).   I would like to add: Recycling and reusing, waste management, forestation, etc.
Perspectives	Already in my unit: The human system that causes it and its unequal impacts.   I would like to add: An urgency for individual and collective action to defend it and save the future by being a global citizen.	Already in my unit: People’s perspectives about money (becoming rich faster).   I would like to add: Employing the precautionary principles while making any decision, and accountability.	Already in my unit: Action on possibilities of the disaster.     I would like to add: Decision-making through geological perspective, and greenhouse gases and their impacts.
Values	Already in my unit: Humankind can be avoided through cooperation and action against it.   I would like to add: Understanding the experience of others, rethinking values, critically analyzing the issues.	Already in my unit: Love for money has a dark future.   I would like to add: Carbon footprint vs global mean, creative thinking and management.	Already in my unit: Impacts of environmental degradation   I would like to add: Justice, mindful waste management, and our role in creating awareness.

 

 

References

Salon, W. M. (2012). What Is the Purpose of Education? http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/jul12/vol54/num07/What-Is-the-Purpose-of-Education%C2%A2.aspx

Jalal, H. (n.d.). Curriculum Design and Development. https://www.slideshare.net/HennaAnsari/curriculum-change-curriculum-change-process-issues-in-curriculum-change

UNESCO (2012). Education for Sustainable Development. https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/1604468/mod_book/chapter/363828/Education%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20UNESCO%20Sourcebook%20Small.pdf