Educating for Sustainable Worlds PG (9088.3)

Please note these are the 2026 details for this unit
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Educating for Sustainable Worlds PG
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Intensive
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Education
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Academic Program Area - Education Post Graduate Level Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit will engage with sustainability as a contested concept of global significance, with ethical, political and practical educational implications. Sustainability will be critically addressed as a complex problem, linking environmental, social, economic and educational issues and concerns. In order to address the complex challenge of educating for sustainable worlds, multiple perspectives will be considered. These will include science and environmental studies, contemporary social theory, eco-philosophy and non-western knowledges. Students will analyse the ethical and practical implications of these different perspectives for their own professional practice.

These different perspectives will also be used to critique relevant international and domestic strategic directions, policies and programs. Students will be encouraged to revision the possibilities of educating for sustainable worlds in ways that are inclusive of both human and ecological communities.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate understanding of sustainability as a complex and interconnected challenge requiring multiple perspectives and problem-solving strategies;
2. Inquire into different perspectives on sustainability and analyse their ethical and practical implications for professional practice;
3. Effectively communicate their knowledge about global and domestic sustainability policies and programs and their opinions about them; and
4. Demonstrate their capacity to combine professional knowledge and social responsibility through revisioning ways of educating for sustainable human and ecological communities.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

Restrictions: This unit is not open to students who have passed 7678 Sustainable Futures PG.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Intensive Dr Ann Hill
2025 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 26 May 2025 Intensive Dr Ann Hill
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 Intensive Dr Ann Hill
2026 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 08 June 2026 Intensive Dr Ann Hill
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

The reading list will be provided in Canvas. There are essential readings for each module of work and these are labelled essential in the Canvas reading list. 

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener. All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Artificial Intelligence
Students may use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as indicated in the assessment instructions for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:
1. The Unit Convener has authorised its use for that assessment;
2. The student uses it in the way that the assessment instructions allow for;
3. The student fully acknowledges its use, with appropriate citations and references. Each referencing guide provided by the Library provides advice on how to appropriately reference the use of GenAI in-text.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not allowed for that assessment. If students are unsure, they should seek advice from the Unit Convener. Students should be aware that the University of Canberra utilises GenAI detection software. Suspected instances of unauthorised GenAI use may lead to a Learning Validation Conversation' designed to provide assurance that a student is able to demonstrate relevant knowledge and skills to meet required learning outcomes. Students who are suspected of having misused GenAI in assessment may be required to attend a summary inquiry for suspected misconduct.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Note that the University supported text matching software is Turnitin, which is available to all units via Canvas. For further information, please see this guide in The Shed -  https://uclearn.canberra.edu.au/courses/96/pages/turnitin-2/ 
 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

This unit requires ongoing commitment to student learning and professional engagement. Indicative hours are as follows:

Workshops: 20 hours

Private study/research: 30 hours

Workplace and professional learning and application: 50 hours

Assessment tasks: 50 hours

Inclusion and engagement

-

Participation requirements

Engagement with mini-lectures and online activities is required pre, during and post the Intensive in order to prepare for the assessment tasks and to demonstrate that you have achieved the learning outcomes.

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation in on-campus sessions and your engagement with online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items. 

Participation in the activities scheduled in this unit's on-campus sessions is required in order to demonstrate the achievement of all learning outcomes. Refer to assessment 1 Sustainability Learning Journals on the Canvas site for further details. 

Required IT skills

Ability to operate proficiently and independently in the Online Canvas environment 

In-unit costs

None

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

The theoretical foundations of this unit are interdisciplinary. They draw from earth systems science, environmental philosophy and non-western philosophies. The unit is also research led. The unit convener (and guest speakers where applicable) are active researchers. Unit content is based upon their research.

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