Sustainability Pedagogy

Overview

The Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy is a practical and adaptable model for course design (Burns, 2013, 2015) The model synthesizes prominent learning theories and is designed for teaching sustainability-related content to undergraduate and graduate students. The fundamental goal of the model is to develop learning experiences that give learners the support needed to transform their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to make positive changes (Burns et al., 2015, 2019) The model includes five dimensions: Content; Perspectives; Process; Context; and Design. The dimensions are rooted in their own set of theoretical frameworks and integrated together to create learning experiences that have the potential to transform learners’ values and behaviors (Burns, 2013, 2015; Burns et al., 2015, 2019)

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Conceptual Model