Ecology as a Model for Teaching

Pavel Cenkl

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Sep. 07, 2017

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Ecology as a Model
for Teaching
Pavel Cenkl
pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu
#ecosxsw17
bit.ly/ecosxsw

How can ecological thinking provide a
model for a more inten=onal and
dynamic pedagogy?
Can ecological thinking be sca...

5 Majors
120 Students
…Majority Design Their Own Major
15 Full Time Faculty
150 Acres
35% of Our Own Food

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Pavel Cenkl

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A talk given at SXSWedu in Austin, TX, on March, 2017 by Pavel Cenkl, Sterling College, VT

1. Ecology as a Model for Teaching Pavel Cenkl pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu #ecosxsw17 bit.ly/ecosxsw
2. How can ecological thinking provide a model for a more inten=onal and dynamic pedagogy? Can ecological thinking be scalable across exis=ng courses, units, and overall curriculum design?
3. 5 Majors 120 Students …Majority Design Their Own Major 15 Full Time Faculty 150 Acres 35% of Our Own Food
4. Faculty in Environmental Humani=es Associate Dean for Student Learning Support and Advising Director of Athle=cs 3 Job Titles
5. Teaching & Mentoring Running / Environment / Climate Curriculum Design 3 Sources of Inspira=on
6. Run across Iceland
7. Trail Running
8. Environmental Philosophy
9. Making Connections: Rhythms of experience Ecological systems Curriculum design
10. Classroom Instruction College-Wide Governance Curriculum-Wide
11. Classroom Instruction
12. Biomimicry
13. Nils Aslak Valkeapää, The Sun, My Father
14. engagement experience synthesis reflection observation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 expectations&goals m ake som e field notes & sketches where? what? when? Whatdidyoulearn aboutyourself? Whatdidyoulearnthatsurprisedyou? H ow could your experience connect to the BIP? Howdoesyourexperienceconnecttocourseobjectives? Whatconnections canyoumaketo priorexperience? deep description:details, colors,unique aspects use all of your senses How might you explore these ideas and this experience further? H ow doesthis experience fitw ith the restofASO P? Didyousee theexperience differentlywhen writingaboutit? W hatdid you learn aboutyourgroup? Whatquestions doesthis experience raiseforyou? ASOP Journal Spiral Rubric Fall 2014 Spiral Rubric
15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1014 5 16 expectations&goals m ake som e ﬁeld notes & sketches where? what? when? Whatdidyoulearn aboutyourself? Whatdidyoulearnthatsurprisedyou? H ow could your experience connect to the BIP? esyour nce course s? ections aketo rience? deep description:details, colors,unique aspects use all of your senses How might you explore these ideas and this experience further? H ow doesthis experience ﬁtw ith the restofASO P? Didyousee theexperience differentlywhen writingaboutit? W hatdid you learn aboutyourgroup? Whatquestions doesthis experience raiseforyou?
16. Curriculum-Wide
17. “a material ﬁrst approach, priori=zing environmental performance and material behavior over form” Neri Oxman, MIT MediaLab
18. Place-Based Learning
19. A place-based experien1al curriculum not only empowers —it demands— interdisciplinary engagement.
20. Integrative Curriculum Experiential Learning Systems Thinking
21. College-Wide Governance Scaling up par=cipa=on and engagement
22. Community
23. Work
24. WorkAcademics Community Engagement Collaboration Application Systems Thinking Creativity Problem Solving
25. Resilient Adaptive Multi-scale Ecological thinking Interdependent Deeply interconnected
26. Thank you. Pavel Cenkl pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu #ecosxsw17 bit.ly/ecosxsw

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A talk given at SXSWedu in Austin, TX, on March, 2017 by Pavel Cenkl, Sterling College, VT

1. Ecology as a Model for Teaching Pavel Cenkl pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu #ecosxsw17 bit.ly/ecosxsw
2. How can ecological thinking provide a model for a more inten=onal and dynamic pedagogy? Can ecological thinking be scalable across exis=ng courses, units, and overall curriculum design?
3. 5 Majors 120 Students …Majority Design Their Own Major 15 Full Time Faculty 150 Acres 35% of Our Own Food
4. Faculty in Environmental Humani=es Associate Dean for Student Learning Support and Advising Director of Athle=cs 3 Job Titles
5. Teaching & Mentoring Running / Environment / Climate Curriculum Design 3 Sources of Inspira=on
6. Run across Iceland
7. Trail Running
8. Environmental Philosophy
9. Making Connections: Rhythms of experience Ecological systems Curriculum design
10. Classroom Instruction College-Wide Governance Curriculum-Wide
11. Classroom Instruction
12. Biomimicry
13. Nils Aslak Valkeapää, The Sun, My Father
14. engagement experience synthesis reflection observation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 expectations&goals m ake som e field notes & sketches where? what? when? Whatdidyoulearn aboutyourself? Whatdidyoulearnthatsurprisedyou? H ow could your experience connect to the BIP? Howdoesyourexperienceconnecttocourseobjectives? Whatconnections canyoumaketo priorexperience? deep description:details, colors,unique aspects use all of your senses How might you explore these ideas and this experience further? H ow doesthis experience fitw ith the restofASO P? Didyousee theexperience differentlywhen writingaboutit? W hatdid you learn aboutyourgroup? Whatquestions doesthis experience raiseforyou? ASOP Journal Spiral Rubric Fall 2014 Spiral Rubric
15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1014 5 16 expectations&goals m ake som e ﬁeld notes & sketches where? what? when? Whatdidyoulearn aboutyourself? Whatdidyoulearnthatsurprisedyou? H ow could your experience connect to the BIP? esyour nce course s? ections aketo rience? deep description:details, colors,unique aspects use all of your senses How might you explore these ideas and this experience further? H ow doesthis experience ﬁtw ith the restofASO P? Didyousee theexperience differentlywhen writingaboutit? W hatdid you learn aboutyourgroup? Whatquestions doesthis experience raiseforyou?
16. Curriculum-Wide
17. “a material ﬁrst approach, priori=zing environmental performance and material behavior over form” Neri Oxman, MIT MediaLab
18. Place-Based Learning
19. A place-based experien1al curriculum not only empowers —it demands— interdisciplinary engagement.
20. Integrative Curriculum Experiential Learning Systems Thinking
21. College-Wide Governance Scaling up par=cipa=on and engagement
22. Community
23. Work
24. WorkAcademics Community Engagement Collaboration Application Systems Thinking Creativity Problem Solving
25. Resilient Adaptive Multi-scale Ecological thinking Interdependent Deeply interconnected
26. Thank you. Pavel Cenkl pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu #ecosxsw17 bit.ly/ecosxsw