Programme

Session 1: Welcome and orientation to the workshops

Welcome, recap and orientation to the workshops

Case study of transdisciplinarity in climate change curriculum: Experiences from the University of Mauritius

Breakout groups: Sharing a challenge or success of integrating TD teaching practice into your curriculum (field trips, integrating multiple disciplines in teaching team, practitioners as teachers or invigilators)

Groups report back

Session 1: How do we make a releavnt and impactful climate change curriculum?

Engaging with IPCC AR6 and preparing for COP26

Hearing from our graduates: what do they want from climate change curricula?

Breakaway groups: What new content have you been able to integrate in your revised curriculum OR what you intend to?

Groups report back

Session 2: How can we support one another in keeping our curricula relevant and updated?

Engaging senior leadership at our institutions to support new ways of teaching climate change

Q&A in plenary

Discussion of outputs from workshop (policy brief, case studies for teaching, guidelines for African climate change curriculum, journal articles on teaching practice)

Staying in touch as a network (discussion)

Session 1: Welcome and orientation to the workshops

• Overview of ARUA-CD and workshop programme

• Introductions

• Round of reflections: what is working well and what is not working well in our climate change Masters curricula?

Session 2: How do we include the latest advancements in climate change research in Africa in our curricula?

• Latest research findings and concepts, for example:
  

- IPCC AR6

- Intersection of climate change with other SDGs

- Policy landscape and politics of climate change

- Staying up to date, avoiding fake information

Session 1: Welcome and orientation to the workshops

• Overview of ARUA-CD and workshop programme

• Introductions

• Round of reflections: what is working well and what is not working well in our climate change Masters curricula?

Session 2: How do we include the latest advancements in climate change research in Africa in our curricula?

• Latest research findings and concepts, for example:
  

- IPCC AR6

- Intersection of climate change with other SDGs

- Policy landscape and politics of climate change

- Staying up to date, avoiding fake information

Session 1: How do we undertake the process of reviewing and updating our curricula?

• Critically reflective teaching practice

• Accreditation and formal review processes

Session 2: What tools are useful for reviewing and updating our curricula?

• Curriculum alignment (LOs, TLA, ATs)

• Course evaluations

Session 1: How can we support one another in keeping our curricula relevant and updated?

• Building a network: research partners, examiners, supervisors

• Sharing teaching tools (e.g. case studies from across Africa)

Session 2: How can we support one another in keeping our curricula relevant and updated?

• Looking ahead : Planning Part 2 and 3

• Confirming team processes for curriculum review