Who do we learn from?
he professional development petal revolves around what the employees of the educational organization need to learn to contribute to sustainable development through their work, from janitors to teachers and from policymakers to principals. As an individual teacher or lecturer, you can brush up on your substantive knowledge of sustainability. But it's also important to discuss this with each other as a team and ask questions like: what do we have together? What are different colleagues interested in? And what knowledge and skills do we lack or need?
The educational institution can stimulate discussion about this by putting this topic on the agenda and, for example, incorporating sustainable thinking and acting as a recurring theme during study days or development meetings. In addition, visits to regional businesses or organizations actively working with the circular economy or the Sustainable Development Goals can be very inspiring. Furthermore, numerous webinars and online courses are available that you can participate in individually or as a team.
Finally, it is also up to the HR department to play a role in specific continuing education or training. Sustainable learning, thinking, and doing not only require knowledge of sustainability issues, but also skills such as network building, systems thinking, and developing a certain didactic creativity. Go to tools ...
