Development of Knowledge Brokering Module for Empowering Higher Education Leadership in ESD Prof. Munirah Ghazali, RCE Penang Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 2018 25-27 September, 2018, Parramatta (Sydney), Australia

1. Development Of
Knowledge
Brokering Module
For Empowering
Higher Education
Leadership In ESD

2. Scope
• As an active agent of social change, educational practitioners including
policymakers, researchers, lecturers and students at the HEIs level should
develop proper understanding to implement ESD practices in education both
now and in the future.
• educational practitioner need or require training, knowledge and approaches
in the form of best practices to further enhance their ESD understanding and
internalization.
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3. Context
• To report on an initiative to develop a comprehensive module which is
oriented as Knowledge Brokering Module (KBM) to infuse ESD in higher
education.
• This module will guide lecturers in higher education to systematically infuse
ESD in their existing curriculum, research and community engagement.
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4. Methodology and Analysis:
• the knowledge brokering module is still in the developmental stage which
involves a series of workshop focused to generate contents for the KBM, the
methodology will involve tools and technology as well as case studies and
ESD problem solving implementation as well as design products.
• Application of World Café during KBMWorkshop
• World Café is a structured conversational process intended to facilitate open and intimate
discussion, and link ideas within a larger group to access the "collective intelligence" in the
room
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Café 1:
How to educate Higher Education Community on ESD
Café 2:
How we as SD leader bring the challenge in
order to have effective practice at community
level?
Café 3:
How you understand the HE policy ?

5. Outcome
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LO1 - Acquire awareness about SD, ESD, SDG
LO2- Trigger interest, towards SD, ESD,SDG
LO3- Adopt and apply examples and guidelines based on best
practices
LO4- To nurture holistic worldview of SD, ESD, SDG
LO5- Identify, recognize and translate self, professional and social
responsibilities towards SD, ESD, SDG
LO6- Engender insightful intentions and attitude towards SD,
ESD,SD
1. Introduction
2. Sustainability and Higher Education
3. SD, ESD and SDG 2030
4. Pedagogical Principle
(Design thinking, system thinking ..)
5. Framework for Implementation
6. Researchers

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Outcome: Module Outline
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Trainer
Framework for
Implementation:
 CARE plus Spiritual perspectives
 Values and Ethics
 UNESCO Dynamic model for ESD
 Competencies in Teacher
Education
 University as a living lab
 Soleh wa Musleh in ESD (Infuse and
Diffuse)
Practitioners
Skills: Reflective
Inquiry, Co
engage, Co Learn 5
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Individual level
Understanding, KAPV ->
Material practice
-Theory
-ESD, SDG
-Knowledge of , pedagogy
-Attitude
-Practices
-Values
Professional Development in HEI
Checklist for
Material Practices
Researchers
 Skills how do plan, design and
conduct research activities on
ESD
 Case Studies:
 Case Studies 1: Whole institution
approach – USM APEX Experience Case
Studies 2: WUS – Infuse ESD in
University Curriculum
 Case Studies 3: Program based –
Student activities
 Case Studies 4: Media Massa
 Case Study 5: Element of Sustainability
in Research

7. Recommendation
• This module will be piloted to higher education faculty members in October
2018
• The refined module will be tried out to faculty members in HE in collaboration
with AKEPT – Malaysia Academy for Leadership in Higher Education.
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Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development Penang (RCE Penang), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Professor Dr Munirah Ghazali, AP Dr Mohammad Zohir Ahmad@Shaari, AP Dr Aswati Hamzah, Dr NooraidaYakob, Dr Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Dr Nurul Salmi Abdul Latip,
Dr Aidiahmad Dewa, Dr Noorhaida Mohd Kaus, Dr Nik Norma Nik Hasan, En Mazlan Hanafi Basharudin , Nur Syazwana Hamzah, Wan Sharipahmira Mohd Zain, Kamsiah
Kamaruddin
United Nations University Dr Zinaida Fadeeva
School of Educational Studies, USM, Professor Dr. Hairul Nizam Ismail
School of Humanities, USM, Professor Dr.Narimah Samat
Thank you
The ResearchTeam