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A potential international support system for

Education for Sustainable Development

A potential international support system for

Education for Sustainable Development

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Meet Otto a cod, in the North SeaMeet Otto a cod, in the North Sea

Environmental challenges for Otto first weeks: Born with toxic chemicals Feeds on microlayer, highly contaminated UV-radiation affects his growth Nutrients produces toxic algae's, reduces his food Climate change changes his feeding areas

After some months: Very difficult to get away from the industrial fleet Moves coast outside Africa Meets Helen, just to become father – no success Caught by the EU fleet Sold as ecological sound product due to new fishing gears

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Lessons learned in NorwayLessons learned in Norway

Pupils experience that they are able to contribute something useful to society. They do “real work” and produce high-quality results.

Impressive concrete results can be achieved when many schools join together

Better learning and working environment when the school leadership, maintenance people, teachers and pupils co-operate.

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Lessons learned in NorwayLessons learned in Norway

The Network gives legitimacy to interdisciplinary, action-oriented teaching methods. Teachers and schools receive the support they need for these learning approaches.

Co-operation with “heavy” ministries and research/scientific institutions lends credibility to the school’s work.

The network creates win-win situations between the schools and other parts of the society

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Utilise the learningUtilise the learning

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First prototype of an international edition

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First prototype of an international edition

developed

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Builds on Norwegian web solutionBuilds on Norwegian web solution

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User to do menuUser to do menu

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6 thematic issues chosen6 thematic issues chosen

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Easy activity structureEasy activity structure

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Reporting tool on each issueReporting tool on each issue

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Reporting tool on each issueReporting tool on each issue

Preface

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Mapping tool for data navigationMapping tool for data navigation

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Projects more emphasisedProjects more emphasised

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Participants

Activities

Intro text

Project pagesProject pages

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Support

Latest observation

Project plans

Project pagesProject pages

Latest pictures

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Constructing requirements 1Constructing requirements 1

UN decade topic/UNESCO topic structured

Broad sustainable development approach

Hands on learning – student data gives the value

Activities tuned for international comparison of data

Tuned for sharing the students evaluation, discussion and conclusions

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Constructing requirements 2Constructing requirements 2

Must work on slow Internet lines

Must be tuned towards international comparison of the results

Must not double English national solutions available for general use internationally

Should provide extensive links to other related teaching support systems both on national and international level

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Constructing requirements 3Constructing requirements 3

Students text based evaluations/results must be in English to be comparable

Guidelines, support text and resources might be developed in several languages

Scientific support, user help desk etc can be done by contact person in each country

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Good mixture of thematic issues?Good mixture of thematic issues?

Biological diversity Climate and air quality Consumption and resources Democracy and participation Energy and renewable resources Water issues

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How to proceed?How to proceed?

The Norwegian Directorate is open for:Maintain the solution at our current servers for

international useMake this prototype into an ENSI ICT

operational “product” – thereby also basis for ENSI evaluation projects later

Develop it further in 2006 with active involvement from other countries

Establish an international operational editorial board

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Contact information:

Astrid Sandås, Directorate for Primary and Secondary EducationAstrid.Sandas@utdanningsdirektoratet.no : +47 23 30 13 18

Geir Endregard, NILUgen@nilu.no: +47 63 80 81 10

Brage Frøland, School laboratory Univ. in Bergen brage@uib.no: +47 55 58 24 15