Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Goals

The “University Course of Specialization in Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices” aims to provide the educational community with the knowledge and tools necessary to transform educational centers into spaces committed to sustainable development. To achieve this goal, the course is divided into six issues, each with its own specific objectives:
Topic 1: Fundamentals of Environmental Education
• Understand the concept and foundations of environmental education.
• Know the current environmental problem and how it affects our society and the planet.
• Present the different existing environmental policies and how these can be applied in the educational field.
Topic 2: School and the environment
• Establish the connection between school and the environment, understanding how the school environment can influence the environmental awareness of the students.
• Publicize different environmental programs and initiatives that can be implemented in educational centers.
• Promote the environmental management of the centers, promoting sustainable practices in school day to day.
• Promote eco-school methodology, an educational approach that integrates sustainability in all aspects of school life.
Topic 3: EcoAuditoria
• Develop an eco -Audit in the educational center, a process that allows evaluating the environmental impact of the center and proposing improvement measures.
• Expose the measures to be implemented in educational centers to achieve environmental excellence, from the reduction of energy consumption to the promotion of biodiversity in the school environment.
• Evaluate the entire process of eco -Audit, reflecting on the achievements and future challenges.
Topic 4: Environmental health habits
• Publicize environmental health habits, understanding how our daily actions can influence our health and the environment.
• Analyze the different school hygiene habits and their relationship with the environment, promoting healthy and sustainable practices.
• Expose the different healthy life habits, from food to physical activity, and how they can contribute to sustainability.
Topic 5: Educational proposals on the environment
• Analyze and create proposals on the care and protection of the environment in early, primary and secondary education, adapting the activities to the needs and abilities of the students of each level.
• Publicize different topics to create educational proposals on the environment, from climate change to biodiversity, and how these can be integrated into the curriculum of any educational level.
Topic 6: ICT and Environmental Education
• Consider the importance of ICT for the environmental impact of the educational center, reflecting on how the use of technology can contribute or harm the environment.
• Optimize the use of ICT tools and resources in the classroom for environmental education, exploring different applications and platforms that can facilitate learning on the environment.
• Exemplify different ICT proposals for environmental education, from the creation of blogs to the use of virtual simulators.
In summary, this course prepares participants to integrate the principles of environmental education in their teaching practice, in order to promote sustainable development and environmental awareness among students. Participants will leave the course with a solid understanding of environmental education and how it can be applied in education, as well as practical tools that can start using immediately in their work.

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

What prepares you

The "University Course of Specialization in Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices" offers various professional exits:
Teacher specialized in the environment: participants will be able to apply their knowledge of the environment in the classroom to improve learning processes and foster environmental awareness among students.
School Counselor: Participants will be trained to detect possible difficulties in learning environmental sciences and propose intervention strategies based on environmental education.

Educational Consultant: Participants will be able to advise educational institutions in the implementation of teaching strategies based on environmental education.
Educational material developer: Participants will be able to design and develop educational materials that are based on environmental education.
Teaching trainer: Participants will be able to train other teachers in the use of environmental education in science teaching.
In addition, this course can be an added value for those who are preparing teaching oppositions, since it can be valid to score in the scale of teaching oppositions according to the R.D. 276/2007 of February 23

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Who is it addressed

The "University Course of Specialization in Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices" is aimed at:
Teachers: Teachers of any educational level who wish to integrate environmental education into their teaching strategies.
Education professionals: Those who work in the education sector and wish to implement sustainable practices in their centers.
Environmental professionals: Those who work in the environmental sector and wish to acquire knowledge about how education can contribute to sustainable development.
Students of careers related to education or the environment: students who wish to complement their academic training with specialized knowledge in environmental education.
It is important to mention that this course can be especially useful for those who are preparing teaching oppositions, since it can be valid to score in the scale of teaching oppositions according to the R.D. 276/2007 of February 23.

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Methodology

The course methodology is based on 100%online learning, through the Aula_Smart virtual campus, an innovative and easy -to -use platform, which will allow you to access all the contents and resources of the course from anywhere and device. The course has a highly specialized teaching team, formed by education professionals with extensive experience and training in the analysis of teaching skills. They will accompany you and guide you throughout the learning process, through personalized tutorials, chat, email and even videoconference. The teaching method is totally multidisciplinary, since it combines different pedagogical approaches and strategies, such as:

- Theoretical contents, where the fundamental concepts and principles of the analysis of the teaching skills will be presented, as well as the normative and reference frameworks that regulate them.
- Practical contents, where theoretical knowledge will be applied to real or simulated cases of educational practice, using tools and methodologies to evaluate and develop teaching skills.
- Self -assessment activities, where you will reflect on the teaching performance itself and on the areas of strength and improvement, as well as on the strategies to enhance them.
- Collaborative learning activities, where the exchange of experiences, opinions and proposals through forums will be promoted.

In this way, the course methodology offers you dynamic, participatory and adapted training to your needs and interests, which prepares you to be a competent and effective teacher, capable of adapting to the demands and challenges of current education.

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Official character

Valid to score in the Baremo of Teaching Oppositions according to the R.D. 276/2007 of February 23 and for the scale corresponding to the state -level transfers contest, according to Royal Decree 1364/2010 of October 29.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in work bags and/or opposition competitions, always within the training section Complementary and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock market that we want to present ourselves.

Educational Environment: Innovation and Good Practices

Degree

Homologable oppositions

Permanent training courses are valid to score in the scale of teaching opposition The calls for oppositions of the Spanish territory, according to the R.D. 276/2007 of February 23 (BOE 2/3/2007) of access to the public teaching function. These courses are also valid for the scale corresponding to the state -level transfers contest, according to Royal Decree 1364/2010 of October 29.

The duration of the courses in Catalonia should not exceed 10 hours per week and in Castilla y León 20 hours a week to be taken into account in their entirety according to the latest published bulletins (Dogc No. 6205 of 3/9/2012 and Bocyl nº 241 of 12/16/2014), so we have adapted the period of realization of them.