From the streets to the classroom: power analysis as a tool for critical pedagogy

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Table 1. Module learning outcomes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Education for sustainable development aims to help people to develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge to make informed decisions for the benefit of themselves and others, now and in the future, and to act upon these decisions. The Cognitive Domain: Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Synthesis On successful completion of this module, you should be able to explain key aspects of international and European environmental policy-making and governance, and describe how these translate into national policy-making frameworks evaluate the social, environmental, and economic impacts of consumption to highlight the complexity of sustainable development decision-making apply a relevant sustainability metric, identify, and evaluate an impact reduction strategy exploit current media technology as a means of documenting, analysing, observing, and reflecting on behavioural practices The Affective Domain: Attitude and Values On successful completion of this module, you should be able to acknowledge and question the relationships among economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development.

Table 2. Power analysis exercise instructions to students.

Power Analysis Exercise

Define the Problem: Basic Layout, what is the issue? Sketch the Competing Interests: Every issue has two sides (e.g. Environment Vs Mining), write them down Sketch the Decision Makers: Who makes the decisions, the specific policy or law into writing (usually government) and how much power do they have? Sketch Major Strands of the Problem. Every issue has multiple parts, link them together and use them to support issues Sketch Major Organised Opposition: Who is organised and influencing decisions and how much power do they have? Sketch Organised Other: Who is in the middle, who flip flops, who is unclear? Sketch Organised with Us: Who is on our side and how much power do they have? Sketch Key Unorganised Groups: Who is not organised? (potential)