RCE Dublin - 2023

Green Career Counselling with Nature in Mind
CSV
Basic Information
Title of project : 
Green Career Counselling with Nature in Mind
Submitting RCE: 
RCE Dublin
Contributing organization(s) : 
Dublin City University
Just Forests
Focal point(s) and affiliation(s)
Name: 
Valerie Lewis
Organizational Affiliation: 
DCU
E-mail: 
valerie.lewis@dcu.ie
Format of project: 
Audio Visual
Language of project: 
English
Date of submission:
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Web link: 
https://rcedublin.ie/projects-hub/
Does this project link to any education and/or sustainable development policy or policies?: 
Yes
ESD to 2030: 2nd National Strategy on ESD - Ireland https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/228330/c69895a6-88f0-4132-b6d1-9085a9c31996.pdf#page=null
At what level is the policy operating?: 
National
Geographical & Education Information
Region: 
Europe
Country: 
Ireland
Location(s): 
Dublin and Ireland
Address of focal point institution for project: 
Dublin City University
Ecosystem(s):

Career Guidance Counselling for the Green Economy and Wellness
Target Audience:
Secondary, Teacher Ed., Youth (Informal)
Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics of the area : 
A key concern in Ireland (as in many countries across the globe) is the mental health and well being of its youth and young people. RCE Dublin partners have identified an opportunity to enable young people to reconnect with nature, while also raising awareness of future opportunities for employment within the Green Economy. In doing so, the aspiration is that young people will become more aware that their future career and life styles choices can positively contribute to their personal wellbeing.
Description of sustainable development challenge(s) in the area the project addresses: 
This projects addresses:
SDG4 Quality Education
SDG3 Health and Wellbeing
Contents
Status: 
Ongoing
Period: 
April, 2022 to December, 2024
Rationale: 
A key concern in Ireland (as in many countries across the globe) is the mental health and well being of its youth and young people. RCE Dublin partners have identified an opportunity to enable young people to reconnect with nature, while also raising awareness of future opportunities for employment within the Green Economy. In doing so, the aspiration is that young people will become more aware that their future career and life styles choices can positively contribute to their personal wellbeing.
Objectives: 
The Green Career Guidance and Wellbeing Project has the following objectives:
1. Create a repository of case studies (digital video format) that show how sustainability can be the focus (or a feature) of diverse careers/ employment pathways
2. Build lesson plans to accompany the case studies that can be used by Career Guidance teachers in post-primary settings
3. Circulate the resources among career guidance practitioners, and teacher educators, across the island of Ireland
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the resources/ project.
Activities and/or practices employed: 
Initially the project identified 5-6 suitable case studies, and recorded an interview with each case study participant. The Interview was then edited and formatted for use as a Learning resource. The lesson plans are currently under development and will be finalised for use within teacher education/ post-primary school contexts. The project will be publicly launched May-Sept 2023, with expected usage by career guidance teachers/ educators in 23-24, after which the evaluation will be conducted.
Results: 
The digital videos of Case Studies have been developed and are currently being critiqued by practising teachers, with final editing of these to be completed in Spring 2023. The lesson plans are currently under development, and will also be completed in Spring 2023. The roll-out to post-primary schools will begin in September 2023, with evaluation of first implementation to take place in mid-late 2024.
Relationship to other RCE activities: 
This project contributed to RCE Dublin objectives in educating for sustainable development.
Funding: 
Dublin City University-Institute of Education provided funding that supported the development of the digital videos and lesson plans.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) and other themes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages 
Direct
SDG 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 
Direct
Theme
Curriculum Development 
Direct
ESD for 2030-Priority Action Areas
Priority Action Area 3 - Developing capacities of educators and trainers 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 4 - Mobilizing youth 
state: 
Direct
Update: 
No
I acknowledge the above: 
Yes