SUSTAIN: Game-Based Learning on Urban Sustainability
Dates:
2017-19
Funding:
Erasmus+
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Countries:
Italy, Greece, Romania, Poland
Description – essential information
Sustainable development is one of the major challenges that we are facing now and will be tackling in the upcoming decades. To come closer to achieving a stable and sustainable future, the EU is committed to including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European policy framework and the current Commission’s priorities. Moreover, special attention is paid to means for the achievement of the SDGs, their universal application to all countries and all – economic, environmental and societal – dimensions of sustainability. To enhance transition towards sustainability, we call for innovative and comprehensive education that will provide students with the necessary skills and motives to cope with the challenges of and contribute to sustainable development.
The SUSTAIN project is addressed mainly to students of higher education that will be the policymakers of tomorrow. Its objective is to commence and promote sustainable literacy through an innovative and student-centered education techniques that will provide necessary means for the students to experience processes of complex decision making, sharpen their clarity of thought, enhance their communication skills and help them develop critical thinking as well as key competencies to address the complexities of sustainable development. In SUSTAIN project, the Centre for Systems Solutions is tasked with translating the simulation models into the game elements, mechanics and playing scenarios. The result of this “translation” will be summarized in an e-book which will show the logic of how abstract notions can be translated to simpler (gaming) elements without losing their meaning. Furthermore, we will provide a state of the art on board games that deal with sustainability issues.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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Aug
An article written by Michalina Kułakowska and Aleksandra Solińska-Nowak found its way to the “Urban Sustainability” book. The Urban Sustainability published by Springer is a...
11
Jan
The 3rd transnational meeting of SUSTAIN project took place in Wroclaw, Poland. On the 10th and 11th of January, we’ve met with our partners from...
9
May
May started for us with a transnational meeting of the SUSTAIN project! The meeting took place in a beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania and was...
13
Dec
Łukasz Jarząbek and Michalina Kułakowska took part in a kick-off meeting for our new Erasmus + project SUSTAIN. Together with the representatives of our project...
1
Oct
We are taking part in the Erasmus + project “SUSTAIN”! The objective of the SUSTAIN project is to commence and promote sustainable literacy among students...