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Developing a Connected Curriculum: Integrating the U.N. Sustainable
Development Goals within University College Cork’s Curricula
Dr. John Barimo, Dr. Catherine O’Mahony, Prof. Gerard Mullally, Prof. John O’Halloran, Prof. Edmond Byrne, Dr. Maria Kirrane
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Sustainability in UCC Curricula
• All 17 SDGs covered across
UCC curricula
• 61% of academic departments
with sustainability course offerings
• 6% of modules addressed
sustainability
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Academic Strategy 2018 - 2022
Priorities
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Teaching Enhancement for the SDGs
SDG Toolkit
Project Mission:
To create and curate
resources for teaching staff
to integrate sustainability into
their teaching and learning
practices thereby supporting
the UCC Academic Strategy
Climate change targets depicted by turquoise colour
https://sdginterlinkages.iges.jp/visualisationtool.html
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Self-Evaluation Tool
• Review and development of modules and programmes
https://ncms.ucc.ie/en/media/support/cirtl/SelfEvaluationTool.pdf
Novice Expert
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• Teaching Staff
• Many indirectly addressing SDGs
• Ease of use, local focus, not reinvent module
• Short videos, background, case studies,
databases, group projects ideas, topical
issues (Covid, Climate, Migration)
SDG Toolkit Focus Sessions
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SDG Toolkit Focus Sessions
• Teaching Staff
• Many indirectly addressing SDGs
• Ease of use, local focus, not reinvent module
• Short videos, background, case studies,
databases, group projects ideas, topical
issues (Covid, Climate, Migration)
• Students
• Practical, genuine, real world, climate change
• Group projects with fair assessment
• Learning artefacts, videos (<5 min), Tik Tok
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• Teaching Staff
• Many indirectly addressing SDGs
• Ease of use, local focus, not reinvent
module
• Short videos, background, case studies,
databases, group projects ideas, topical
issues (Covid, Climate, Migration)
• Students
• Practical, genuine, real world, climate
change
• Group projects with fair assessment
• Learning artefacts, videos (<5 min), Tik TokBarimo et al, unpublished
SDG Toolkit Focus Sessions
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A Holistic Approach to ESD
Three Domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy
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A Holistic Approach to ESD
Three Domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy
J. Allison, 2018
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Dr John BarimoCentre for the Integration of
Research, Teaching & LearningUniversity College Cork, Irelandemail: [email protected]