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This chapter provides an in-depth exploration of the role of art and creativity in education for sustainability. Through an examination of key theories and research in the field of transformational learning, we explore how art and creativity can be applied to foster meaningful, sustainable change. Drawing on our experiences in the project RawTag and working with university students, we describe how we integrated creative assignments and workshops into a module on sustainability and share qualitative findings that highlight the positive impact of these approaches on students’ learning and future intentions for sustainable behavior. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing art and creativity in educational contexts and offer recommendations for educators and researchers looking to incorporate these approaches into their own teaching and learning practices.
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Weekly Plan of RawTag
Weekly Plan of RawTag
The module follows the traditional 12-week delivery, although in some cases we have done this structure in 2 h. For the subject of this chapter, we will focus on the module design
Week, lecture, and compulsory readings | Seminar | Assignment progress |
|---|---|---|
Part I: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
Week 1. Introduction to the module | Reading and understanding of the assignment. See guidelines. Open twitter account Students start to watch the true cost (film) | 1. Inventory of your clothes. Picture 2. Choose one garment from a known brand or bought in the high street UK |
Week 2. Business ethics… Introduction to case study: Fashion | Your history of the garment. Students bring one garment following the instructions Picture and Twitter | 3. Why we love clothes? Identity, performance, image, emotions |
Week 3. A systemic view of responsible business. Case study fashion | Based on the lecture, identify materials, where it was made, brand. Group students by brands | 4. Analysis of the garment: Materials, production, and others (marketing, disposal, consumption, transport) @RawTag #ResponsibleARU |
Week 4. Ethical theories and how they are useful | Group discussion on the criteria for consuming clothes. What other ethical aspects are involved here? | 8. Using the ethical theories analyze your criteria for consuming/buying clothes |
Part II: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
Week 5. Corporate social responsibility | Half-term evaluation of the module Questions about part I | PART I: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE FINISHED |
Week 6. Stakeholder analysis | Identify the brand/organization associated to your garment and find information about their CSR, sustainability report, critical issues. Special session learning to use data bases, with librarian | Part II: Corporate social responsibility 9. Briefly describe the company/organization of your garment brand/shop 10. Company’s approach to CSR 11. Stakeholder analysis of your company |
Week 7. Employability conference (no classes) | ||
Week 8. Equality and gender AR: Lord Davies Report. Equality Act 2011. http://www.acas.org.uk/equalityact | Ethical fashion quiz | 12. Critical approach, including issues such as gender, equality, human rights, body image, etc. 13. Challenges and problems of the company regarding responsible business |
Part III: SUSTAINABILITY (PEOPLE, PLANET, AND PROSPERITY) | ||
Week 9. Sustainability KT1: Chap. 10 | Questions about part II. Assignment surgery | PART II: Corporate social responsibility should be finished |
Week 10. New paradigms and drivers Porter and Kramer (2011) “Creating Shared Value”. Harvard Business Review | Fashion swap party Students bring one or two garments to swap in the seminar. Discussion | 14. Alternatives: What are the alternatives for YOU personally, and for the ORGANIZATION? TWITTER3: Picture of what student did as alternative. Start your tweet with “I can #makeadifference by << …>>.” Use the following hashtags: @RawTag #ResponsibleARU |
Week 11. Alternatives | Assignment surgery | 15. Final chapter, including 1. Reflections on the exercise of RawTag 2. Reflections about personal responsibility 3. Reflections about corporate challenges and potential Twitter 4: My best advice for new group #ResponsibleARU is…. OR the best of #ResponsibleARU module is… @RawTag |
Week 12. Summary and consolidation | Assignment surgery | PART III: Sustainability and alternatives must be finished The whole assignment is finished |
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Fadli, H., Acevedo, B., Malevicius, R., Lamberti, C. (2024). RawTag: Art and Education for Sustainability. In: Lehtimäki, H., Taylor, S.S., Lyra, M.G. (eds) Art and Sustainability Transitions in Business and Society. Palgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44219-3_8
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