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Cultivating Sustainable Lifestyles 15-17
October 2004 Teaching responsibility Victoria
W. Thoresen The Consumer Citizenship Network,
Project Manager, University College of Hedmark,
Norway
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A labyrinth of choices
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Approaches to responsibility Biological
determinants Social expectations Moral
imperatives
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The present labyrinth Soul sickness Cooperation C
omplexity Mobility Globalization and commercial
influence New patterns of cognitive understanding
and moral development New forms of
citizenship Alternative visions of the future
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Teaching responsibility Motivation Skills
Goals
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Motivation fundamental pessimism positive
responses to scientific and spiritual knowledge
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Skills communication skills decision making
skills problem solving skills creativity
change management skills
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Cooperative learning Team learning Service
learning Value clarification Active value
choice Problem based learning Case
studies Experimental learning Role playing,
simulations Project work Action-research Campaigns
Debates Biographies Story telling
Methods
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-Help students discover the underlying principles
and values connected to issues and
dilemmas -Reflect on one's own
experiences -Personalize as well as theoretize
issues
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-Identify specific ways of posing a
problem -Help students acquire an understanding
of systems and processes -Develop the capacity
in students to listen as well as to express
ones own ideas and map alternative solutions
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-Challenge the students prejudices -Use social
commentary as learning material -Use of ICT
(Information and Communication Technology)
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Content suggestions Education for sustainable
development Lifestyles in the past and
present Making choices Managing resources
Solving problems Contributing to the future
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nobility becomes the accent of
life