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Climate Change: A “Green” Approach to Teaching Contemporary Germany
Author(s) -
Melin Charlotte
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
die unterrichtspraxis/teaching german
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1756-1221
pISSN - 0042-062X
DOI - 10.1111/tger.10140
Subject(s) - german , curriculum , sustainability , liberal arts education , sustainable development , mathematics education , education for sustainable development , politics , foreign language , environmental education , teaching method , computer science , pedagogy , political science , sociology , higher education , psychology , geography , ecology , archaeology , law , biology
This articles describes a newly designed upper division German language course, “Contemporary Germany: Food, Energy Politics,” and two sampling methods of assessment for measuring parallel gains in German skills and sustainable development (SD) thinking. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) informed course design, key assignments, and multi‐media teaching resources are discussed and presented. A content‐based pedagogical model is advocated as an effective approach to creating a sustainability‐ and foreign language‐infused curricula that make a valuable contribution to the liberal arts undergraduate education as a whole.