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Sustainability in Teaching Pedagogical Course Open for Unite! Faculty
Sustainability in Teaching equips you with theoretical knowledge of sustainability education and practical examples to help you discover your unique way of embedding sustainability in your teaching.
In this course, Uniters can discuss sustainability education from multiple perspectives- including the concept of sustainability and the SDGs. You will explore the role of different disciplines in promoting sustainability, key sustainability competencies, and how to design teaching and learning activities. Throughout the sessions, you will also reflect on values and emotions in sustainability education.
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
Sustainability in Teaching includes interactive individual and group assignments during the teaching sessions and individual pre- and post-assignments either side of each teaching session. Teaching and study methods include dialogic teaching, peer discussions, reflection tasks, group exercises and working in a virtual learning environment.
Who can participate?
You can register for this course if you are employed by Aalto University or by a partner university of Unite! and you teach at the university.
Approximately 30 participants can be accepted to this course, from which max. 10 from Unite! universities.
Participants are selected based on their teaching responsibilities described in the application form. In case there are more applicants than can be accepted, the priority is given to people on tenure and lecturer tracks.
The completion of the course requires participation in all of the teaching sessions.
Please check before registering that they fit into your schedule. Also, make sure to allocate time for independent work between the teaching sessions.
All applicants will be informed about acceptance via email 3 weeks before the course begins.
Practical information
Apply by: 8 February 2026.
Course Dates: 7 March - 23 May, 2025.
Language: English
Times: Participants are required to attend all online teaching sessions. Session dates and times are:
Friday March 6th 2026 at 14:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday March 13th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday March 27th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday April 10th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday April 24th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday May 8th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday May 22nd 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Note that all times are presented in Finnish time which means UCT+2
Estimated Workload: The estimated workload is equivalent to 3 ECTS*, which corresponds to approximately 81 hours of work (contacts sessions, independent reflection tasks, readings, and other assignments between the contact sessions). Upon successful completion of the course, a certificate stating the workload and equivalency can be provided. *Unite! faculty participants outside of Aalto University need to independently check with their home institution about credit transfer. Aalto does not provide direct credit transfers to partner university students.
Grade: Pass/Fail
Course Format: Online
Course teachers
Maria Svanström, sustainability specialist, A! Co-Educator Team, and Tiina Pylkkönen, pedagogical specialist
E-mail: maria.svanstrom@aalto.fi, tiina.pylkkonen@aalto.fi
How to Register
Participants must register through the Aalto University registration form: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/e8b21ebe-a9b7-410f-a652-3211e04eb0cc?displayId=Fin3515718
In this course, Uniters can discuss sustainability education from multiple perspectives- including the concept of sustainability and the SDGs. You will explore the role of different disciplines in promoting sustainability, key sustainability competencies, and how to design teaching and learning activities. Throughout the sessions, you will also reflect on values and emotions in sustainability education.
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Relate sustainability/sustainable development and sustainable development goals (SDGs) to your own subject field
- Identify and apply different approaches to integrate sustainability into teaching at a course or programme level
- Reflect on how sustainability key competencies can be utilised to develop teaching and curriculum in your disciplinary context
- Design and apply learning objectives, and teaching and learning activities to integrate sustainability in your disciplinary context
- Consider the role of values and emotions in your sustainability-related teaching.
Sustainability in Teaching includes interactive individual and group assignments during the teaching sessions and individual pre- and post-assignments either side of each teaching session. Teaching and study methods include dialogic teaching, peer discussions, reflection tasks, group exercises and working in a virtual learning environment.
Who can participate?
You can register for this course if you are employed by Aalto University or by a partner university of Unite! and you teach at the university.
Approximately 30 participants can be accepted to this course, from which max. 10 from Unite! universities.
Participants are selected based on their teaching responsibilities described in the application form. In case there are more applicants than can be accepted, the priority is given to people on tenure and lecturer tracks.
The completion of the course requires participation in all of the teaching sessions.
Please check before registering that they fit into your schedule. Also, make sure to allocate time for independent work between the teaching sessions.
All applicants will be informed about acceptance via email 3 weeks before the course begins.
Practical information
Apply by: 8 February 2026.
Course Dates: 7 March - 23 May, 2025.
Language: English
Times: Participants are required to attend all online teaching sessions. Session dates and times are:
Friday March 6th 2026 at 14:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday March 13th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday March 27th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday April 10th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday April 24th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday May 8th 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Friday May 22nd 2026 at 12:15-15:00 UCT+2, online
Note that all times are presented in Finnish time which means UCT+2
Estimated Workload: The estimated workload is equivalent to 3 ECTS*, which corresponds to approximately 81 hours of work (contacts sessions, independent reflection tasks, readings, and other assignments between the contact sessions). Upon successful completion of the course, a certificate stating the workload and equivalency can be provided. *Unite! faculty participants outside of Aalto University need to independently check with their home institution about credit transfer. Aalto does not provide direct credit transfers to partner university students.
Grade: Pass/Fail
Course Format: Online
Course teachers
Maria Svanström, sustainability specialist, A! Co-Educator Team, and Tiina Pylkkönen, pedagogical specialist
E-mail: maria.svanstrom@aalto.fi, tiina.pylkkonen@aalto.fi
How to Register
Participants must register through the Aalto University registration form: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/e8b21ebe-a9b7-410f-a652-3211e04eb0cc?displayId=Fin3515718