4 Summary of Unit 2

This unit has discussed the need for compassion to be part of the educational approaches that are used in all institutions and settings. The need for all learners to understand that compassion for their fellow human beings, for wider society and all the non-human world is vital for a sustainable future has been stressed in the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals. Compassion for all that makes up the world around us must also be part of an Education for Sustainable Development.

You have explored pedagogies of compassion where learners are invited to learn through discussion of local sustainability issues, to research and explore those issues and to plan to take actions to make changes that will result in our world becoming more sustainable.

You have also explored compassionate pedagogies that take account of the wellbeing of both learners and the world. These pedagogies can open the eyes of learners to the thinking, reasoning and criticality that will better prepare them to act to the benefit of themselves and future generations.

The unit ended by asking you to explore how you might evaluate your current practice and collaborate with others to consider where changes must be made and how to make those changes.

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3.2 Discussing making changes – four key questions

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