Events
Certificate E-Course in ESE for Student Teachers 2023
Registration for the 2023 E-course opens September 1st!
Over the past two years, student teachers from teacher education programs across Canada have explored the principles & practices of Environmental & Sustainability Education in our national, online E-course. This E-course brings students teacher s together from across the country to learn from ESE experts and connect with K-12 and community educators engaged in ESE. This course is open to students studying to be K-12 teachers & Early Childhood Educators who are registered in Canadian teacher education programs. The course is led by ESE experts and guest speakers from across Canada, and sponsored by EECOM, Canada’s only national Environment Education network. It is offered online with both synchronous and asynchronous modules; a certificate and EECOM membership is awarded to those who successfully complete the course. Deadline for registration is September 16, 2023.
Questions: Dr. Erin Sperling contact@eseinfacultiesofed.ca
Registration Form is open until September 22, 2023
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about the E-Course
Note: Once you have filled out the registration form, please submit the $50 registration fee through this link (if you are already a PayPal user) or through the PayPal request that will be emailed to you once the form is completed (check your spambox if not received). Please put "ESE E-course <your name>" in the Information box in PayPal. You will be sent full course access information once the fee and registration form are received.
Previous Events
ESE-TE National Research Symposium 2023
The ESE-TE Standing Committee hosted its biennial Research Symposium on Environmental & Sustainability Education in Teacher Education (ESE-TE) on May 26, 2023 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. The theme of this Symposium, “Teacher Education for a Sustainable Future: Call to Action for Climate Justice” shared presentations of scholarship focused on the critical role teacher education plays in helping society work toward an equitable, just and sustainable future.
This hybrid symposium builds on the momentum for more substantially integrating ESE into teacher education at Canadian universities, and considers how the launch of the Association of Canadian Deans of Education’s Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future promises to accelerate working towards these goals.
Launch of new national Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future
The launch for the Association of Canadian Deans of Education's (ACDE) Accord on Education for a Sustainable Future took place in March 2022. It directs faculties of education to help meet Canada’s commitment to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by integrating ESE and climate change education into preservice and inservice teacher education programs. This establishes a new priority for teacher education across Canada, in line with Canada's climate action targets. By implementing this new Accord in parallel with the ACDE's Accord on Indigenous Education, students in faculties of education will benefit from a synergy that centres equity, justice and sustainability for all living beings at the heart of all levels of education. We are ready to help with its implementation - as a national network dedicated to ESE in Teacher Education, we are here to help faculties of education deepen ESE and climate change education in their programs through research, sharing of pedagogical initiatives and collaboration. As a starting point, refer to this Primer on ESE in Teacher Education that can be shared with Deans, faculty and community partners interested in learning more about this critical work.
ESE-TE Research Symposium 2021
EECOM 2021 Conference - April 21-24, 2021
Researchers and educators from across Canada shared their research at the opening day of EECOM Conference 2021. Schedule of presenters.
Shifting ESE Online in Teacher Education
Recorded Webinar - Sept. 2020
Faculty from across Canada and the US discuss how they are pivoting environmental learning in teacher education to digital formats.
ESE-TE Research Roundtable 2018
October 18, 2018
Research Roundtable at EECOM's “Classrooms to Communities”
Info on the Research Roundtable
National Roundtable on ESE in Preservice Teacher Education 2016
June 14-16, 2016
The National Action Plan
Summaries of the Roundtable Presentations (and the list of Presenters)
The Roundtable Keynote Talks (videos)
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