Education for sustainable development

Scope

Designing learning programmes, learning materials and resources for education for sustainable development.

ECVET points: 3.5

Target groups

Staff at all types of education and training organizations, NGOs and organizations organizing education programmes for sustainable development:

• Directors / headmasters
• Teachers / trainers

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:

• Understand the challenges of sustainable development
• Understand the principles and objectives of education for sustainable development
• Be able to set objectives and design educational programmes for sustainable development
• Be able to cultivate values, critical thinking and cooperation, through training programmes
• Be able to use different learning techniques
• Understand and be able to implement the principles of the sustainable school

Methodology

• Presentations
• Examples and case studies
• Workshops and exercises facilitated by the trainer

Thematic units

• Challenges of 21st century
• Sustainable development
• Education for sustainable development, principles and characteristics
• Training methods for education for sustainable development

Learning material

The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.

Cost in Piraeus

Training fees: 400 euro per person. The cost includes:

• Training course fees for 5 days training, learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.

Cultural activities (optional): 80 euro per person.*  The cost includes:

• a walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner
• a guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites and
• common dinner with live music in Athens.

The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, currently we are not organising the usual cultural programme. Instead, we propose a guided tour of Athens with a professional guide (visit to Acropolis hill, the Parthenon, Plaka and Monastiraki). Cost: 150€ up to 20 people. The cost is shared between those who attend the tour. Costs for transportation and entrance fees to Acropolis are not included in the above amount. 

Cost for summer school in Chania

700 euro per person. The cost includes:

• Training course fees for 6 days training, learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.
• Buffet lunch in “Mediterranean” restaurant during the training days (Monday – Saturday). Buffet lunch includes: home made bread, house wine and local beverages, variety of salads, cold and hot plates, and desserts. All dishes are prepared in the kitchen of the Conference Centre, with organic olive oil and local and biological cultivated products and they respect the local gastronomy.
• Walking tour and welcome dinner. The group will stroll around the old port of Chania and we will have dinner in a typical Cretan restaurant. Dinner includes variety of starters and salads to share, meat/ vegetarian platters, house wine and dessert.
• An excursion to the famous beach of Falassarna and a visit to Kissamos village, in the west Crete. The cost includes the bus transfer, it does not include dinner and other expenses. You are expected to bring your swimming suits, towels and good mood.
• Common farewell dinner. The group will be transferred to the district of Halepa and they will visit places of historical and touristic interest. They will have dinner in a typical Cretan restaurant. Dinner includes variety of starters and salads to share, meat/ vegetarian platters, house wine and dessert.

Entrance fees to sites and museums are not included. Other costs not explicitly mentioned above are not included.

All costs can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.

Training sessions

** Due to the COVID-19 situation we may have to reschedule the summer school to be organised in Piraeus, instead of Chania.

Further information

Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr