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SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
Reflective Methods
for School Partnerships
on Education
for Sustainable
Development
Tools for
ESD-Schools
Tools for
ESD-Schools
1
A document by the SEED network as a contribution to COMENIUS
and other school partnership projects
Collaboration between Mariona Espinet, Michela Mayer,
Franz Rauch, and Johannes Tschapka
Reflective Methods
for School Partnerships
on Education for
Sustainable Development
Tools for
ESD-Schools
2
3
Imprint:
Tools for ESD-Schools
Reflective Methods for School Partnerships on Education for Sustainable Development.
September 2005
ISBN 3-85031-064-7
Authors:
Mariona Espinet, Michela Mayer, Franz Rauch, Johannes Tschapka
School advisor:
Martin Scheuch
Publisher:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture
Dept. V/11c Environmental Education Affairs
Minoritenplatz 5, A-1014 Vienna / Austria
E-mail: guenther.pfaffenwimmer@bmbwk.gv.at
Funded:
By the European Commission through the EU COMENIUS 3 Network
100530-CP1-2002-1-AT-COMENIUS-C3,
“ School Development through Environmental Education” (SEED)
The COMENIUS contact seminars and thematic workshops have been supported by the respective
National Agencies of Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as by the Educational Authorities of Austria, Hungary, Italy, Norway, and Sweden.
In collaboration:
with the international network “ Environment and School Initiatives” (ENSI)
www.ensi.org
Photo: Johannes Tschapka / Austria
Design: reiterergrafik / Austria
Print: radinger-print / Austria
No copyright restrictions as long as an appropriate reference
of this original material is included.
Table of Contents
Introduction
4
Phase 1 approaching…
7
a joint partnership through finding project partner schools, deciding
on a project topic and considering a development goal.
Phase 2 planning…
15
a range of project activities and writing a work plan that includes school visits, planning meetings and project products such as booklets, CD-Rom or a website to provide material and experience.
Phase 3 act ing…
24
taking part in one's own school activities, visiting partner schools and creating
new material by collecting photos, methods and experiments which
contain new knowledge about learning and teaching.
Phase 4 reflecting…
32
on the actions taken through creative ways that permit teachers to share
and learn from each other and to explore their specific new interests
and teaching innovations.
Phase 5 reporting…
40
on the variety of activities undertaken during the three-year international project to promote the lessons learned as viable alternative approaches to professional teaching.
Acknowledgement s
47
COMENIUS school partnerships
48
SEED Network
50
Tools for ESD Schools can also be downloaded from
w w w.seed-eu.net
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