Engaged Teaching Modules
Take a look at some of the content we’ve put together!
SUSTAINABILITY
Among the goals of General Education at Penn State is to prepare our students to be active citizens. General Education courses can help to promote this objective by including modules in their courses that address specific aspects of civic engagement such as the goal of sustainability.
Earth Day at Penn State
Faculty teaching a range of General Education courses might consider implementing a module on Earth Day as a way to build a sustainability engagement component in to their class.
To assist faculty who might want to incorporate such a module into their syllabus we have gathered a range of helpful resources, including a history of Earth Day,
We have also provided a few examples of Earth Day activities staged at various Penn State campuses.
OTHER MODULES
Constitution Day
Faculty teaching a range of General Education courses might consider implementing a module on Constitution Day as a way to build a civic engagement component in to their class.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Faculty teaching a range of General Education courses might consider implementing a module on MLK Day as a way to build a justice & rights engagement component in to their class.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Living Labs
Sustainability
Living labs provide the opportunity for the collaboration of academics and physical operations. These efforts create outside of the classroom sustainable learning for our students while covering the University’s three primary objectives for teaching, research and service.
The Association for the Advancement in Higher Education
Sustainability
AASHE – offers a plethora of resources for faculty, staff and students in higher education looking to gain knowledge, resources and networking opportunities for confronting sustainability challenges.
Crowdsourced Sustainability Resources
Sustainability
This list has been crowdsourced by the participating faculty in Penn State’s 2022 Sustainability Education Initiative/Penns Woods Workshop.