WEBINAR #3 — 5/15
Fostering Creativity and Growing Learner Communities through an Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching Sustainability
9:30–11:00 AM MST | Rick Kern & Vesna Rodic (UC Berkeley)
This webinar describes an intermediate-level French curriculum designed to enhance students’ creativity, cultural awareness, and community engagement through inquiry-based activities related to environmental sustainability. The curriculum incorporates primary sources — legal documents, literary works, visual images, maps, and films — to study a range of contemporary and historical environmental issues, and has involved videoconferencing exchanges with students at the Université Aix-Marseille. Students are trained in question-asking techniques, research processes, and critical analysis, and apply their learning through creative, project-based work. Through the example of sustainability, we show how the language classroom can be a space of genuine inquiry — stimulating intellectual curiosity and fostering a sense of belonging. Participants will see student work examples, hear about challenges and successes, and learn resources to develop their own sustainability-themed curricula. Examples draw from French, but apply to other languages as well.
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- For questions regarding this resource, please contact Center for Educational Resources in Culture Language and Literacy (CERCLL).
- Phone No: (520) 626-8071
- Email Address: cercll@arizona.edu