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How To Teach Sustainability With Hope

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

What is Sustainability? What is Hope?

What is Sustainability? What is Hope?

03.

Sustainability and hope

04.

What is sustainability?

05.

Bringing sustainability into the classroom

06.

The big challenges to a sustainable future

07.

What is hope?

08.

What is hope theory and how does it apply to your students?

Teaching Sustainability with Hope

Teaching Sustainability with Hope

09.

The Cool.org Hope Framework

10.

What does The Cool.org Hope Framework look like in the classroom?

11.

Introduce the topic and invite learners to discuss it

12.

Introduce the concept of hope to your students

13.

Shift awareness

14.

Show them how far we've already come

15.

Frame the issue in positive terms

16.

Pay attention to the solutions

17.

Share stories of taking action

18.

Reflect on our mindset around hope

19.

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Your Teaching

Your Teaching

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Reflection

Reflection

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Reflection

22.

Taxonomy of learning

23.

Suggestions for collaboration

24.

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Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experience working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.

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