SDG Home Asynch 2021

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Course Overview

The Sustainable Development Goals, 2015-2030 represents a global consensus on the most pressing problems facing world societies today; from poverty to infrastructure development, from justice and human rights protections to global warming. These 17 goals, a continuation from the Millennium Development Goals, 2000-2015, provide a comprehensive statement of global problems coupled with realizable benchmarks that provide tangible, achievable aims to organize concerted, global action. The SDGs, part of a UN-led effort, include 230 specific indicators in a wide-range of areas including poverty, sustainable energy, education, peace, climate action, infrastructure development and water access.

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Course Overview

The SDGs are a potentially rich teaching resource as they provide in-depth and current insights into a wide berth of global issues with an overt commitment to pointing forward in terms of what can be done to eradicate global poverty, mitigate the effects of climate change, and address the needs of refugees. One would be hard-pressed to identify a more comprehensive agenda and a weightier set of concerns that demand study and action. Educators from diverse teaching preparations and diverse backgrounds can find meaningful curriculum connections in the goals, including policy and civic dimensions for social studies, educational access with respect to teaching language and literacy, climate change and species extinction for science educators, and statistical measurements for mathematics teaching. Taken together, SDG15-30 offers a comprehensive exploratory chocked-full of real-world connections to prepare young people for living in a globally interconnected, diverse world.

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Course Objectives

The aims of the online professional development for educators are to:

To familiarize educators with SDG 15-30 and deepen their understanding of related contents and processes of these global goals

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To examine content-specific goals that directly relate to various content areas in P-16 education (e.g., mathematics, literacy, social studies, science, etc.);

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To develop useful tools to implement teaching of SDG15-30;

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To contextualize SDG15-30 as part of a global movement for social development;

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To contribute and share resources with fellow educators.

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Course Requirements

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Education Plan

Workshop Evaluation

Discussion Board Posts

Students will be asked to complete an evaluation of the workshop at the end of the course

Participants are asked to write their own responses on the course discussion boards and respond to others’ posts several times during the workshop. The instructor and course assistant will monitor participants’ work and provide feedback.

Working individually or in groups, participants will submit an Education Plan at the end of the course. The instructor, course assistant, and other participants will provide feedback.

asynchronous Class Timeline

Due By Jan 27

1. Offer feedback for one peer’s Education Plan

Due By January 17

1. Explore online course and complete orientation activities
2. Post introduction on “Getting Acquainted” Discussion
3. Respond to Lecture Series 1 in discussion board post

Module 3Jan25-31 Watch Lecture 3

Module 1Jan 11-17 Watch Lecture 1

Due By Jan 31

1. Watch Lecture Series 3
2. Respond to Lecture Series 3 in discussion board post
3. Submit Final Education Plan

Due By Jan 24

1. Respond to Lecture Series 2 in discussion board post
2. Read Education Plan assignment
3. Submit Education Plan Memo

Module 2

Jan 18-24Watch Lecture 2