UNDK PROGRAMUNDK PROGRAM2015 - 20162015 - 2016

Inneke Hantoro, STP, MSc.Unika Soegijapranata

Kayu Arum Resort, Salatiga24 April 2015

PROGRAM 2015 – 2016

• Theme:Whole Person Education (WPE) Based On Local Knowledge For Sustainable Environment And Community Livelihood

• Goals(1) To assess the local knowledge related to

sustainable ecosystem and community livelihood fits for developing digital teaching modules.

(2) To implement the digital teaching modules into relevant courses in UNDK participating universities in respected WPE.

Whole Person Education:“education based on the premise that each person finds

identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to humanitarian values, such as compassion and peace” (Miller, 1999)

UNDK interpretation of WPE:combination of educational needs, personal development and civic responsibility of the students in order to achieve the maturity of the students as global citizens

Figure 1.

The convergence of UNDK, local knowledge and WPE

Re-inventory and assessing the local knowledge related to sustainable ecosystem and community

livelihood fits for university student program

1

ACTIVITIES

July 2015

– June 2016

Creating digital platform for resource sharing 2

Developing teaching modules on specific local knowledge applied in particular course &

Implementing the modules in particular courses

3

Sharing experience 4

Program Evaluation5

How do other institutions How do other institutions participate in UNDK?participate in UNDK?

• Small Grant Program (SGP), which is supported by United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia – UBCHEA.

• Related scheme to UNDK’s concern: “Asian Folklore and Cultural Heritage Studies”Topic of the proposal must be in line with UNDK theme.

• Provided funding: max. US$ 5,000• It must be submitted through UNDK

Proposed project by UNDK members, which funded by UBCHEA in 2015:

• “Digital documentation of iconic meanings of traditional herbs in the perspective of envirolinguistics to preserve local values and wisdom.”(Dr. R. Kunjana Rahardi, M.Hum – Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta)

THANK YOU