Learning for a sustainable future

Topic(s) addressed

• Sustainability 

• Learning together 

• Inclusion    

• Environment 

• 21st-century skills

Target groups

• Primary education teachers 

• Pupils aged 4-12

Methodologies

• Besides the focus on the 2030 Agenda, the school used a multidisciplinary approach for future-proof teaching. 

• Themes such as poverty, health, education, gender equality, clean and affordable energy, peace and justice fitted perfectly into the project. 

• All new insights and knowledge has been spread throughout various subjects, such as citizenship, geography, biology, and history. 

• The school now has adopted an overarching method of world orientation.

Environments

• Using the whole school as the learning environment. 

• The whole team took part in the mobility to Finland, and therefore they could work together towards one future-proof curriculum. 

• The Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESD) has been integrated into the daily practices of all teachers. 

• A pilot on outdoor learning has been introduced as a result of this project.

Teachers

• The teachers not only learnt about future-proof and sustainable education through this KA101 project but simultaneously a KA229 project called ‘Earth Stories’ was implemented for their pupils. 

• In this way, the learners had an active role in the learning process. 

• The school used the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a common thread throughout the project.

Impact

• The new skills and knowledge of the teachers have been gained and disseminated in the school changing the daily educational practice.

• Daily school learning is now based around the ESD goals and all pupils are exploring the topics related to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. 

• The project results have been disseminated to the schools in the region and the municipality.