Delivering graduates to meet the challenges of the sustainable development goals:
embedding the development of ethical and sustainable values in the curriculum
13 & 14 June, 2017
Held at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Monday 12 June 19.00 welcome reception at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
The Colloquium was structured around three sessions. In each session keynote presentation(s), selected interventions by the Colloquium delegates and roundtable discussion.
| 13 June 9.00 |
Welcome and Introduction to the Colloquium Dean Zoran Grgić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb Introduction to the Colloquium |
| Session 1 | Embedding ethical values in the curriculum |
| Keynote | Incorporating Ethics Across the Curriculum in the Life Sciences David A. Knauft, Professor of Horticulture and Interim Head, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA |
| Interventions (5 mins each): Ethics at BOKU - Susanne Schneider-Voss, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), AT Ethics at Faculty of Agriculture, Romana Caput Jogunica, University of Zagreb, HR |
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| Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions | |
| Session 2 13.30 |
Embedding sustainable values in the curriculum |
| Keynote | The SDGs as a claim to Universities Georg Gratzer, Professor, Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences BOKU - University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria |
| Keynote | Using the SDGs as a catalyst for re-designing higher education in the Anthropocene Arjen Wals, Professor Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability and UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development, Wageningen University Research |
| Interventions (5 mins each): National and International Forest Policy, Vilia Brukus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE Sustainability Vision of the PXL Tech Department, Marlene Schepers, University College PXL, BE Master: Managememt of Local Development in Parks and Natural Areas, Emilio Chiodo, University of Teramo, IT Actions in the Curriculum at Harper Adams University to Address Sustainability, Jane Eastham, Harper Adams University, UK Embedding Sustainable Values at VHL, Jannie Van der Luit, Van Hall Larenstein, NL, |
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| Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions | |
| Colloquium dinner | |
| 14 June 9.00 |
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| Session 3 | Defining the learning outcomes for ethical and sustainable values in the curriculum |
| Keynote | Report of the business survey of key sustainable development competences, knowledge and skills in working life – implications for Higher Education Klaus Wagner, Jamie van der Luit, Corinne Stewart |
| Keynote | Sustainability-oriented pedagogy and learning outcomes: two cases from Wageningen University Valentina Tassone, Lecturer & Researcher, Wageningen University Research |
| Interventions (5 mins each): Importance of ICA-Edu Actions, Teodor Trasca, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania", RO Responsible Research and Innovation, Ivan Bujian, University of Split, HR Education for Sustainable Development - Case Study SLU, Vilia Brukus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE |
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| Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions | |
| 13.00 | Closure |