ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
EDUCAZIONE AMBIENTALE E SOSTENIBILITÀ
A.Y. | Credits |
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2024/2025 | 5 |
Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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Riccardo Santolini | Mondays from 11 a.m to 1 p.m., after appointment by e-mail |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The goal of the course is to move beyond teaching about the environment to teaching done for the environment, based not only on knowledge but also on adaptive behavior, awareness of environmental values and change. The intent is to promote in young people a mindset of environmentally conscious development starting from the living and relational contexts in which they live, from the school environment to the city and the territory in which they are embedded, grasping and synthesizing as best as possible the links between man, the environment, resources and the alterations that man has produced and the effects to which we must adapt in light of Agenda 2030 towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs/SSSGs). These issues will be approached through two practical and general principles: understanding in the sense of being aware and responsibility as the ability of each stakeholder (individual and community) to become an actor in the new world they want to build through proper environmental communication and awareness.
Program
Glossary. Concepts for a common language.
Interpretations of the ecological crisis
The limits of the planet: climate crisis and biodiversity
A new ethics
The need for an ecological humanism
Toward a new paradigm
Ecological anthropology
The concept of sustainability and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Economics and ecology
How an ecosystem works
Natural Capital
From ecological functions to ecosystem services
Environmental energy sustainability
Raw materials and recycling
Water and climate
Water and Soil
The role of law for sustainability
An ecological ethic: Toward an ecological education charter
Bridging Courses
None
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the foundations in ecology and the basic languages of the discipline and the scientific method. Knowledge of phenomena and processes related to abiotic and biotic components, their interactions and functions.
Knowledge and understanding of ecological processes and mechanisms of interaction between natural functions of ecosistems and human influences for the conservation of the natural capital and improvement of the life quality. Use of the knowledge and skills acquired to identify and design educational paths to contribute to the primary education of the child's environmental culture in the primary and secondary schools.
Expected results are achieved through frontal teaching activities and supplementary seminars. The results are evaluated through oral and written examinations.
Applying knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and recognition skills of ecosystems at different scales and abilities of analysis of biotic and abiotic components, their interactions, their functions and relationships with anthropic actions.
Ability to identify and realize educational paths based on the basic foundations of the discipline. Expected results are achieved through frontal teaching activities and supplementary seminars. The results are evaluated through oral and written examinations.
Making judgements
The student must be able to critically evaluate the role of the biotic and abiotic elements that make up an ecosystem and the actions that compromise it. The student must have acquired the basic knowledge for the development of the teaching methods presented. The results are evaluated through oral and written examinations.
Communication
The student should be able to describe the fundamentals of the ecology learned during the course by expressing it clearly, with the acquisition of an appropriate scientific language.
Lifelong learning skills
The student should be able to build his or her discipline knowledge pathway in a critical and autonomous way, being able to use the study material as indicated by the teacher or who will be able to obtain it. These skills will, as far as possible, be stimulated by the teacher by offering further insights.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
None
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Attendance
Not mandatory
- Course books
Luigina Mortari, 2020. Educazione ecologica. Editori Laterza
Autori vari, 2022. Scienze della sostenibilità. Zanichelli
- Assessment
Oral interview.
The evaluation criteria are as follows:
- relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the program content;
- level of articulation of the answer;
- adequacy of the disciplinary language used.
Each of the criteria is evaluated based on a four-level value/judgement scale with equal weight assigned to each criterion. The final assessment is expressed in thirtieths.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Non-attending students are invited to consult the teaching material uploaded on Moodle (slides discussed in class, examples of didactic situations, etc.) through which it will be possible to deepen the study of the volumes indicated in the section "Study Texts".
- Attendance
No
- Course books
Luigina Mortari, 2020. Educazione ecologica. Editori Laterza
Autori vari, 2022. Scienze della sostenibilità. Zanichelli
- Assessment
Oral interview.
The evaluation criteria are as follows:
- relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the program content;
- level of articulation of the answer;
- adequacy of the disciplinary language used.
Each of the criteria is evaluated based on a four-level value/judgement scale with equal weight assigned to each criterion. The final assessment is expressed in thirtieths.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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