LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) 

The student/s will be able:

1. To explain the nature of people, family and community in terms of socio-cultural, economic, resources and environment, and the challenges for sustainability;
2. To identify roles of family farming in sustainable production and consumption from an international perspective; and
3. To present best practices for case studies from the country related to “people, development, food, natural resources and environment towards sustainability”  
4. To strengthen capacity of the students in international collaboration to support SDGs.

TOPICS

To reach learning outcomes of the students, these are four topics covered in the course:

1. Challenges for the future (human capital, socio-economic, food, natural resources and environment).
2. The role of family farming in sustainable production and consumption
3. Community initiatives in caring for natural resources & environment (best practices)
4. International collaborative actions towards the future

LEARNING APPROACHES AND ASSESSMENT

Learning approach applies for this summer course is based on the principle of learner-centered and enabling the student discovers key insights of the learning from knowledge and experiences developed during the summer course. Each student shall engage actively in the learning activities of the summer course. Various learning methods are used to strengthen the competencies of the students. An online platform will be used in the summer course, synchronous and asynchronous mode of learning mechanism. There are projects that need to be completed individually (1 project) and within the group (1 project).  The project should relate to the topics discussed in the summer course.  The students are expected to explore, to add value to the initiatives that have been started by the family, group of community or organizations considering social innovation, agri-food chains, natural resource and sustainability.