Teaching Sustainability in

AccountancySyed Shah FCCA FFA FTA

Author, Motivational speaker and a passionate Human being

Definition:

"Sustainable development is

development that meets the needs of

the present, without compromising the

ability of future generations to meet

their own needs.“ (UN Brundtland

report)

What side do we want for

our future generations?

Why and what do we need to

know about sustainability?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjT8GG0ETQg

Teaching Professional

Standards –

Professional values and attributes

3 - Inspire, Motivate and raise aspirations of

learners through your enthusiasm and knowledge.

4 - Be creative and innovative in selecting and

adapting strategies to help learners to learn.

13 -Motivate and inspire learners to promote

achievement and develop their skills to enable

progression.

EU Sustainability Legislation

Essential requirement by main

Accountancy bodies – Ethics &

Sustainability

Educational Ideology

Humanism – maintain a stable society by transmitting society’s heritage to students.

Looking at both the Classic as well as the Liberal theory in this context and moving towards a progressive model of teaching

The domains of teaching

I have adopted the following two domains of

teaching as I feel they are most relevant to this

topic i.e. Sustainability

Cognitive (Blooms,1960) – Is associated

with the mind of the learner.

Affective (Krathwohl, 1964) – is associated

with the heart of the learner.

Teaching Sustainability in

Accountancy at the Level 3 & 4

Research / Assignment on own areas of business and identifying – both sustainable as well as non sustainable practices.

Case study – M & S (plan A), Virgin airlines, Composite materials – Airbus / Boeing, Green power – Solar panels.

Use of video to understand visually.

Use of Skype to communicate with international partners to understand their perspective on the subject.

Discussion with colleagues regards updating of subject curriculum and development of a new qualification.

The Sigma Project and the Education for Sustainable Development (UN program)

Lecture – PowerPoint, Prezi, class exercises

The accounting perspective on

Sustainability education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVXO

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My impact on the Environment