ESD Methods
Some ESD learning units go beyond traditional school curriculum and encourage children, teenagers, and adults to critically examine familiar topics, explore them from different angles, and take action themselves. For this reason, it is recommended to use a wide range of innovative teaching methods to facilitate the ESD learning process.
el mundo has partnered with the Munich Center for Teacher Education (MZL) to develop a comprehensive collection of accessible ESD methods. This collection is easy to use and also offers two sorting options:
- Sort by topic (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs)
- Sorting by competencies (Inner Development Goals, IDGs)
For more information, as well as the teaching modules and collection of methods (only available in German), please visit:
• ESD Teaching Modules
• ESD Collection of Methods
The collection of the Bavarian State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research (ISB) provides an overview of a selection of methods that appear particularly suitable for ESD. The individual methods are briefly presented, and links or literature are recommended for further discussion.
The ISB collection includes the following methods:
- dilemma discussion
- Inclusion of extracurricular learning locations
- Learning at stations
- Learning through engagement / Service learning
- Methodology toolbox from the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)
- Mystery
- open space
- Planning and role-playing games
- Reflectories – interactive learning tools on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Fabric stories
- scenario technique
- Experience water – on the road with the water suitcase
- World Café
- future workshop
Further, sometimes highly specialised methods for innovative learning formats (ESD) can also be found at the following link (only in German) to the DG-HochN-Wiki, a platform for knowledge management and networking around sustainability at universities.
Teaching along the SDGs and at extracurricular ESD learning locations
Further information on teaching in line with the SDGs and on extracurricular learning locations for ESD, particularly in Bavaria, can be found at the following link: Teaching along the SDGs & at extracurricular ESD learning locations