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Teaching for Sustainable Learning in an Uncertain Future

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This chapter stresses the importance of teaching in establishing a sustainable learning mindset in preparing students for employment in an uncertain future. The building and nurturing of social, emotional and psychological aspects of self in students is crucial to sustainability and can be established through embedding innovation, creativity and enterprise into teaching for learning. It highlights how mindset changes in teacher educators, student teachers and teachers that support the enabling of innovation, creativity and enterprising behaviours in learning can encourage confident, resilient and imaginative students. The chapter draws on a case study, the Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise House project, to illustrate key concepts and review practical strategies to sustain this approach in learning through teaching.

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  • Robinson’s (2009) entertaining and engaging book tackles the phenomena of the ‘bored’ learner and considers how to think creatively to inspire people to use their own talents and motivations to achieve. Case studies of successful people across the world are provided who when engaged and motivated have achieved incredible things.

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  1. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

    Mark Delf & Tanya Ovenden-Hope

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  1. Institute of Education, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Denise Summers

  2. Institute of Education, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Roger Cutting

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Delf, M., Ovenden-Hope, T. (2016). Teaching for Sustainable Learning in an Uncertain Future. In: Summers, D., Cutting, R. (eds) Education for Sustainable Development in Further Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51911-5_9

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