Guides to ESD in practice

This set of ESD practice guides are intended to offer examples of activity already being undertaken in the UK higher and further education sectors to embed Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into teaching, learning and assessment. The guides complement guides published in 2021 by Advance HE and QAA, which can be found here.

The guides are focused on enabling student achievement/student engagement and on learning and teaching delivery. However, there is also reference to course design and development, assessment of/for students, collaboration and work-based learning.

They have been published in three sets, leading up to Advance HE's Sustainability Symposium on 21 March 2024. More information about the symposium can be found here.

Advance HE members can access the guides below.

Guide to ESD in practice - Co-creating sustainable solutions with external partners: the Warwick Sustainability Challenge (WSUsC) View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - ‘Go Green Week’ assessment of engagement for the development of collaborative and critical thinking competencies View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Developing reasoning, resilience and responsibility competencies through a waste sort and packaging redesign View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Embedding climate change goals in engineering curricula View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Curriculum design and ESD in practice: CoDesignS Learning Design and ESD Framework and Toolkit View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Addressing the employability-sustainability curriculum gap: a masterclass View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Interdisciplinary work-based learning module View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Students facilitating low carbon solutions in organisations: connecting sustainability and employability through experiential learning View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Meme making for enhancing student reflection of learning View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Student engagement through gamification for experiential learning in the formal curriculum View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Co-designing authentic and inclusive assessment for growing problem-solving competence View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Supporting the development of new targeted sustainability initiatives in education settings to develop strategic competence and collaboration competence View Document

Guide to ESD in practice - Collaborative sustainable engineering design project that develops multiple ESD competencies View Document

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