Sustainable Development: The Games

Are You Sustainable?

Question	Response
How to develop attitudes?	develops awareness about sustainable development encourages students to be environmentally responsible
What important, related ideas/issues are not addressed in this resource?	Students need to be taught the steps required to make simple changes in their lives.
What important ideas are implied by the resource, but not taught explicitly?	Implementation of long term, sustainable practices are needed to protect the Earth.
To enhance this resource the following changes are strongly recommended:	Include an action component where students can share their learning with their peers and the community. Support some outdoor activities such as a field trip. Include some global case studies. Provide some assessment suggestions and rubrics. Include an opportunity for students to develop and clarify their own values.
To enhance this resource the following changes would be beneficial:	Include some explicitly-taught skills for students to take effective action.

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Bias Minimization	Very Good	This website objectively presents different points of view concerning sustainable development.
Multiple Dimensions of Problems & Solutions	Very Good	This website effectively addresses the environmental, economical and social dimensions of sustainable development.
Respects Complexity	Good
Action Experience	Good	One of the games presents a variety of age-appropriate ways through which students can be environmentally responsible.
Action Skills	Mediocre	No action skills are explicitly taught.
Empathy & Respect for Humans	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Personal Affinity with Earth	Mediocre	The resource encourages students to be environmentally responsible for the Earth, but no outdoor activities are suggested.
Locally-Focused	Very Good
Past, Present & Future	Mediocre	The resource discusses meeting today's needs while thinking of our own well-being and that of future generations.

Pedagogical Approaches

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Open-Ended Instruction	Mediocre	The website teaches ways to be environmentally responsible and informs students what they can do to help. The format used is interactive games that offer students a range of questions and possible answers to choose from concerning sustainable development.
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Learning	Good	Science Language arts Social Studies
Discovery Learning	Mediocre	Students discover and build knowledge by answering questions.
Values Clarification	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Differentiated Instruction	Poor/Not considered	No accommodations are suggested for students with learning difficulties
Experiential Learning	Mediocre
Cooperative Learning	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Assessment & Evaluation	Poor/Not considered	No assessment tools are suggested.
Peer Teaching	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Case Studies	Mediocre	The second game Power Producers discusses how electricity is produced in Quebec.
Locus of Control	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.

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