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Engaging Research on ESD

ENSI enforces promising new researchers and developers in the field of ESD to pool their expertise in a small researcher’s network under the umbrella of ENSI.

The objective of the project is to harness the energy and enthusiasm of a new generation of researchers, committed to education for sustainable development and involve them in ENSI in an active and meaningful way. ENSI offers therein experience in researcher collaboration and networking in the fields of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development in school systems since 1986.

Seminar: Engaging Research on ESD

This seminar took place 2008 in Berne, Switzerland from September 22nd to 25th

The project was based on an award grant from the Council of Europe to promote junior researchers through an international seminar on research initiatives.

Partners in the project were the PHBern as hosting organisation for the Seminar in Switzerland, Stiftung Umweltbildung as Swiss agency for the ENSI secretariat and the Council of Europe as granting organisation.

The seminar initiated a group of junior researchers in strong collaboration with the country co-ordinators under the workshop leaders Michela Mayer (I), Christine Affolter (CH) and Johannes Tschapka (A)

Rapproteurs at the conference:
Creating learning environments for the future

March 26th to 28th 2009 in Leuven / Belgium

The newly established group of junior researchers took the initiative to serve as workshop leaders and rapporteurs at the ENSI conference in Leuven. They especially emphasised on the focus of the “Learning Environments”.

Under supervision of Michela Mayer (Key note lecturer on Quality Criteria) and Johannes Tschapka (General Rapporteur of the conference) the group contributes to the conference publication under the conference title.

Seminar: Enforcing Research and Development in ESD

This seminar is planned for late autumn 2009

To strengthen the collaboration of the freshly established group and to enlarge their number through promising new researchers and developers of ESD programmes ENSI plans a seminar for about 20 participants from ENSI member countries and partner institutions.

The focus of the planned activity will be on “Learning Environments and ESD” to enhance knowledge management ideas and systems for ESD.

Interested persons send an email to johannes.tschapka@lehrplan.ch

Seminar: Engaging Research on ESD

This seminar will take place in Berne, Switzerland from September 22nd to 25th

The seminar will be lectured by internationally recognised experts on ESD Michela Mayer (I), Daniella Tilbury (UK) and Christine Affolter (CH) and organised by Johannes Tschapka (A) and Katrin Bucher (CH) of the PHBern, University of applied sciences Bern. Additionally the seminar presents as and Jürg Minsch (CH) as expert on SD (focus national economy and policy).

The seminar should initiate a network of junior researchers in strong collaboration with the country co-ordinators, and the ENSI expert pool.
Therefore the results of the seminar are to be published at the ENSI website. Additionally a communication platform has to be set up in the ENSI web site using common web 2.0 features.

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