Educational for Sustainable Development and IATL’s Modules
The majority of IATL’s current modules, by nature of our interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary provision, feature elements of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Some examples are the modules Thinking Water, The Slow Movement, Design Thinking for Social Impact, and Understanding Wellbeing.
Another example is the new IATL module Rethinking Health ScienceLink opens in a new window, which features on the University’s ESD webpageLink opens in a new window. The module invites students to consider key themes from SDG 3 (Health and Wellbeing), including the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had (and continues to have) on physical and mental health, and public health policymaking. Closely connected topics the module covers include the communication of science to the general public, and the nature of evidence and justification in science. The module also asks students to analyse key concepts (e.g. ‘cause’, ‘health’, and ‘disease’) and critically examine the benefits, limitations, and impact of life sciences and medicine, both historically, and …