Sustainable Energy Use: For My Ngutuare Tangata & My Kopu Tangata

A PSHLP context-embedded learning module

Context-embedded learning is centred in exploration of contexts that are meaningful to students, the community and society. For example, students may learn about concepts and develop capabilities relating to multiple curriculum areas by exploring contexts such as sustainable energy supply, food security, the non-communicable disease epidemic, climate change, waste management, the use of nanotechnologies, road traffic behaviours, fisheries, natural disaster planning or immunisation.

Context-embedded learning should support students to use knowledge and skills in decision making that is set within a social context, therefore is associated with consideration of attitudes and values. It should challenge students to ask questions and to develop actions in response to their learning. Through this process of exploration students are supported to develop understanding of the nature and process of research, as well as relevant concepts and capabilities which traditionally are associated with individual subject areas such as English, Science, Social Studies, Health/PE, Mathematics, Languages, Arts and Technology.

Bay, J.L., Dunn, L., Barrett-Watson, C., Morgan, S., & Haque, B. (2014). Sustainable energy use: For my ngutuare tangata and my kopu tangata. Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland.