6 Summary of Unit 3

In this unit you have explored the sustainable pedagogy of participation and considered what participation is, who it benefits (and on whose terms), as well as considering the ways that participation invites us to embed ourselves in the places, communities and nature around us. You have also thought about how we participate and the characteristics of successful participation.

Through the activities you have taken part in during this unit, you should feel that you have developed some awareness of how to critique and develop your own participatory practices. You now know to consider how your practices enhance not only your learners’ experience and outcomes but your own too, in pursuit of embedding ideas around sustainability into your teaching.

Participation in its many forms can provide an extremely rewarding and productive way to engage learners with a subject area and provides a range of benefits, not only for the learners and educators, but for the wider community and world around us.

The next unit explores ideas relating to partnership as a sustainable pedagogy and follows on from many of the ideas raised in this unit. Participation naturally works hand in hand with partnership, as has been alluded to in the case studies and scenarios in this unit.

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