Climate roleplay - learning for sustainable development?

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Climate roleplay - learning for sustainable
development?

• Our biggest challenge in this new century is to
  take an idea that sounds abstract, sustainable
  development, and turn it into a reality for all
  the peoples of the world.
• Kofi Annan, Johannesburg, 2002

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LEARNING FOR LIFE
MULTI- DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
STUDENT FOCUS
LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
REFLECTION
HOLISTIC VIEW
DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE
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• Education and programmes
• Social science programme Global profile
• Social science programme Art profile
• Natural science programme Health and
  environmental
• profile

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The programmes and their profiles differ somewhat
in the range of subjects offered, but the
teaching methods are the same, as well as the
overall focus on children's rights, democracy,
equality and promoting an understanding for our
multicultural world.
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• Pedagogical Methods
• teaching methods are based on a multidisciplinary
  approach
• subject integrated projects, e.g. Climate
  roleplay
• besides gaining knowledge of complex global
  issues, students also learn to work in groups and
  to co-operate towards a common goal when working
  in the form of projects
• methods which emphasize the importance of
  critical thinking and democratic processes

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• Pedagogical Methods
• a strong belief in the importance of putting
  democracy into practise and letting our students
  participate in democratic procedures concerning
  all educational matters
• e.g.
• school conference with equal amount student and
• staff representatives

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• lifewide learning through an active network
• e.g.
• co-operation with higher educational
  institutiones
• co-operation with several NGOs such as WWF and
  Plan Sweden

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Varför en klimatsatsning? Plan översätter

• Barn i fattiga länder är den grupp som redan idag
  påverkas mest av effekterna av klimatförändringen
• Barns rättigheter kränks till följd av de
  negativa effekterna av klimatförändringen
• Barn har rätt att delta i beslut som påverkar
  deras vardag här och nu samt deras liv i
  framtiden

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Klimatsatsning Plan Plan översätter

• Öka kunskapen och engagemanget hos ungdomar när
  det gäller klimatförändringens påverkan på barn
  och ungdomar i de mest utsatta länderna.
• Utbildningsmaterial - The Rights of the Child in
  a changing climate
• Något om ungdomsforum och deltagandet i
  Köpenhamn.
• Kanske något om Children in a changing climate

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Climate roleplay negotiations on climate change

• Object
• To show the complexity
• behind negotiations on
• climate change and to reflect
• upon solutions for a
• sustainable future.

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The Climate roleplay

• a simulation of international negotiations on
  climate change in the UN
• the students act as if they were delegates
  attending a UN meeting
• the goal is to negotiate about a future climate
  agreement

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The Climate roleplay is about

• environmental, economical and social issues
• international co-operation
• international politics
• foreign and security politics
• human rights
• global justice
• conflicts and difficulties that occur when states
  and other participants with different interests,
  values and ideologies will work together

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The Climate roleplay

• Delegations
• States
• USA, EU, Brazil,
• Saudi Arabia, Samao,
• Uganda, China, India,
• Australia, Japan, Russia.
• Organisations
• Vattenfall (Businessgroup)
• Climate Justice Now
• Plan
• Naturskyddsföreningen (NGO)

Chairman and vice chairman
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Different parts in the roleplay

• 1. Preparations
• Analyzing causes and consequenses on climate
  change, countryfacts, differents positions
• To compose position papers, resolutions and
  opening speech
• 2. Conferece
• Registration and welcoming ceremony
• Opening speeches
• Lobbying
• Debate
• Closing ceremony
• 3. Debriefing

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Why roleplay?

• What have you learned from taking part in the
  climate roleplay?
• What do you think is the most valuable knowledge
  or experience from the roleplay?
• How can you apply your experiences and gained
  knowledge from the roleplay in real life?

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Why roleplay?

• How do you found roleplay as a teaching method?
  Positive and maybe some negative aspects?
• How did the negotiations in the roleplay finish?
  Did you reach an agreement?
• What factors were important to reach agreement
  and what factors made it difficult to reach to an
  agreement?

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Climate roleplay

• The idea is to give room for the students own
  perspective and participation with the purpose to
  engage, gain knowledge and ability to act.

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• Sara Nybäck och Karolina Sandahl, Globala
  college
• www.globalagymnasiet.se