6: Teaching sustainability and sustainable teaching

11/05/19 • 19 min

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EPisodes: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Philippa chats to Rachel Chisnall, a science and chemistry teacher at Taieri College in Dunedin, New Zealand. Rachel is also a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow and is part of the Microsoft Innovative Educator programme. Recently she has been involved in the Sustainable Development Goals Innovation Lab project, which is a network of educators that seek to improve education for students in rural areas or refugee camps of Africa. This EPisode looks at the power of collaboration and how connected teachers can make a difference.

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EPisodes: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age - 6: Teaching sustainability and sustainable teaching

Transcript

Philippa Kruger:

Welcome to our EPisodes Podcast, where we explore teaching and learning in a digital age. My name is Philippa Kruger, and I'm the Global Head of Languages at Education Perfect. Today we are lucky to be chatting to Rachel Chisnall, who is a science and chemistry teacher at Taieri College in Dunedin, New Zealand. Rachel is also a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow and is part of the Microsoft Innovative Educator programme. Rachel has been teaching for the last 10 years,