This course aims to provide the foundations of Education for Sustainability. Emphasis will be placed on developing the perspectives needed to understand the theoretical basis, scope, and possibilities of working in a diversity of educational contexts and with diverse groups. The range of activities designed includes guided classes presenting perspectives and theoretical foundations, discussions of readings and articles, field trips to explore relevant phenomena from a sustainability perspective, sessions with experts and/or real experiences of educational intervention in the field of sustainability, as well as small-group sessions for reflection on readings and teaching proposals.

The teaching methodology is centered on three main pillars:

(a) enabling students to experience, in their own learning process, that learning is both a social and personal act, involving rational and emotional aspects simultaneously;

(b) maintaining an interactive dynamic and a relaxed atmosphere that fosters participation and personal commitment to one’s own learning and that of the group;

(c) understanding the teaching team as facilitators of the teaching and learning process, requiring an active and autonomous role from students in achieving the proposed challenges.

The course is designed with the understanding that students play a central role, and it is under this premise that the methodology is planned: participatory and interactive. A wide variety of activities is proposed in order to ensure attention to diversity, both in the connection between students and competencies at the individual and group levels, and in work both inside and outside the classroom.

In-person classes are mainly conducted in large groups but also incorporate small-group work strategies, such as seminars, workshops, or follow-up tutorials.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Continuous assessment (CA) of the course is carried out throughout the teaching period and consists of a weighting of 50% for individual assessment and 50% for group assessment. It is structured through the submission of three assessment activities of different types distributed throughout the course, as follows:

• Individual learning portfolio (40% of the CA grade). This is a written assessment activity in the form of a learning portfolio, based on reflection and in-depth engagement with the course contents and the proposed readings. It will be submitted in two partial installments at the end of the course content blocks. The final submission and its defense will take place on: 18/December/2026
• Individual work and participation (10% of the CA grade). This is an assessment activity that requires continuous work throughout the course, through the submission of specific practical tasks or participatory activities, with the aim of reflecting on and/or applying resources and readings related to education, sustainability and consumption. Tasks will be submitted one week after the session requiring the practical task.
• Group design and presentation of a Sustainability Education project (50% of the CA grade). This activity requires the design, presentation and co-evaluation of sustainability education resources incorporating the didactic principles addressed in the course. Group materials will be submitted on: 08 and 15/January/2027

The course includes the option of single assessment (SA), which consists of a weighting of 100% individual assessment. This is structured through the submission of three assessment activities, as follows:

• Reflective exam (40% of the SA grade). This is a written assessment activity based on reflection and in-depth engagement with the contents covered and the course readings. The date of completion is: 08/January/2027
• Design and presentation of a sustainability education project (50% of the SA grade). This is an assessment activity that requires the design, presentation and co-evaluation of sustainability education resources that incorporate the didactic principles worked on in the course. The submission date is: 08/January/2027
• Oral defense and presentation (10% of the SA grade). This is an assessment activity consisting of an oral interview of argumentation and defense of the other two assessment activities produced, as well as the demonstration of mastery of the course contents. The date of completion is: 15/January/2027

The characteristics and specific instructions for all activities will be explained at the beginning of the course. Assessment tasks will be graded and returned by the teaching team within a period not exceeding 20 working days according to the academic calendar. Students wishing to review their grades may do so during a specific assessment and review tutorial arranged in advance by the teaching staff.

NOT ASSESSED. A student will be considered \"not assessed\" if they fail to meet the attendance requirement and have not provided sufficient assessment evidence (must have submitted at least two-thirds of the required assessment tasks). In this case, the student will not be eligible for the recovery process.

Requirements and criteria to pass both continuous and single assessment:

• Students must pass each of the 3 tasks assessment (after the recovery process, if applicable), with a minimum grade of 5, in order for the average to be calculated and to obtain the final grade.
• Students must have attended at least 80% of the course sessions. If this attendance requirement is not met, the student will be marked as \"not presented.\" Justifications for absences serve only to explain the absence and do not exempt students from mandatory attendance.
• Students must demonstrate general communicative competence, both oral and written, and a good command of the Catalan language. All assessment tasks (individual and group) will be evaluated for linguistic, orthographic, and grammatical correctness, as well as quality of writing and formal presentation. An activity may be returned as 'not assessed' or failed if the teacher considers it does not meet these requirements.
• Students must exhibit a professional attitude consistent with the teaching profession. Competencies that will be considered include active listening, respect, participation, cooperation, empathy, kindness, punctuality, non-judgmental attitude, argumentation, appropriate mobile phone use, etc. In group work, one or more inappropriate attitudes may lower the individual grade. Therefore, members of the same group may receive different grades for the same activity.
• Assessment tasks must meet the formal requirements of an academic paper. For example, it is recommended to ensure that sources, footnotes, textual citations, and bibliographic references are correctly formatted according to APA 7 standards.

Recovery. According to UAB academic regulations, to be eligible for the recovery process, the following criteria must be met:

• All course assessment tasks are recoverable, provided the student has been previously assessed for the corresponding task.
• However, to access the recovery process, a minimum average grade of 3.5 is required. If this condition is not met, recovery is not possible and the course will be automatically failed with a final grade 3,5.
• The student must have complied with the course assessment requirements.
• The student must have met the transparency criteria regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). *
• The student must not have violated any rules regarding cheating or plagiarism. **
• The maximum grade that can be obtained in the recovery process is 5 out of 10 for the recovered task. This grade will be averaged with the rest of the assessment results.
• Planned recovery date: 29/January/2027.

* In this course, a restricted use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AIg) is permitted. The use of artificial intelligence technologies is allowed exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic searches or specific information, text correction or translations. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in these assessment activities will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.*

** According to UAB academic regulations, copying or plagiarism in any assessment task constitutes a serious offense. It will be sanctioned with a grade of 0 for the entire course and loss of the right to recovery, whether the work is individual or group-based (in which case all group members will receive a 0). If a student is found attempting to copy or using unauthorized materials or devices during an in-class activity, the activity will be graded with a 0, with no option for recovery, and the course will be failed. A task is considered \"copied\" when it reproduces all or a significant part of another student's work. A task is considered \"plagiarized\" when it presents a part of a text by another author as one's own without citing sources, regardless of whether the original source is in print or digital format.

SYNTHESIS TEST. The course does not allow a synthesis test for students enrolling in the course for the second time.