Now that the new school year has begun, I would like to remind you of a few updates that are coming up. We are very happy to welcome the new teachers who recently joined our network and will be teaching Going Green in their classes. On behalf of the TAUS team, I would like to welcome new teachers and seize the opportunity to recommend having a look at the documents attached below:
Going Green – Education for Sustainability is a
multi-award-winning blended-learning project specifically designed for the
English as Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in Germany and the U.S. More than
6.800 teachers and students participated at the project since its initiation in
2014. Participating classes range between 10 and 12 grades on average. However,
younger classes could also participate thanks to the customizable character of
the activities and tasks. In fact, Going Green tasks could be adjusted to your
students’ learning needs and abilities. The action and inquiry-based activities
give your students the opportunity to interact with the English language and
grasp environmental concepts and terminologies. While a large focus centers on
critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills, Going Green activities seek
to foster students’ intercultural competence as they will learn more about what
the government and civil society in the U.S. are doing to face environmental
challenges. For example, students will listen to “Going Green experts”, learn
more about governmental initiatives and policies, and inspect the struggles of
different indigenous groups and minorities in the U.S. society. They will,
thereby, look at things beyond stereotypes and develop their "insider-outsider"
perspectives. Moreover, students will examine their own communities and attempt
to actively and positively impact it by identifying problems, designing and
evaluating solutions, and implementing their solution by working
collaboratively on a project.