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Sustainable pedagogies

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By the end of this unit you will have:

Considered the importance of traditional ecological knowledge and wisdom in sustainable pedagogies.
Explored how permaculture principles help us consider what nature would do.
Developed ideas for incorporating traditional methods such as rituals and storytelling into your own sustainable pedagogies practice.

Activity	Task	Timing (minutes)
7.1	Think about and share your own local traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).	30
7.2	Re-engaging with the world around you using experiential knowledge in TEK. Post on forum discussion.	60
7.3	Examining permaculture principles and traditional methods and applying them to your own pedagogical practice. Post on forum discussion.	30

Activity

Task

Timing (minutes)

7.1

Think about and share your own local traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

7.2

Re-engaging with the world around you using experiential knowledge in TEK.

Post on forum discussion.

7.3

Examining permaculture principles and traditional methods and applying them to your own pedagogical practice.

Post on forum discussion.

Introduction

1 Knowledge and wisdom: learning from our ancestors’ relationship with nature

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