Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me SAIL for Teachers 2018

The SAIL (Susta­ina­bi­li­ty Applied in Inter­na­tio­nal Teaching and Lear­ning) Teachers cour­se 2018 will start on the 4th of July in Gothen­burg, Swe­den, and end on the 11th of July in Sun­der­land, England. We will be sailing on the Polish sail tra­ining ves­sel Fry­de­ryk Cho­pin (http://www.fryderykchopin.pl/en/the-ship,t4/).

Abo­ut the cour­se

The SAIL for Teachers is an annu­al Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me cour­se orga­ni­zed by the BUP Cen­tre for Fin­land at Åbo Aka­de­mi Uni­ver­si­ty and the Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me secre­ta­riat at Uppsa­la Uni­ver­si­ty, con­duc­ted on-board a Tall Ship (Fry­de­ryk Cho­pin, http://www.fryderykchopin.pl/en/). The aim of the cour­se is to gather teachers within the Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me network, but we also invi­te Teachers from other insti­tu­tions in case of ava­ila­ble pla­ces, that are acti­ve and inte­re­sted in susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment. The cour­se is based on all par­ti­ci­pa­ting teachers’ com­pe­ten­cies and expe­rien­ces — we count on your acti­ve influ­en­ce on the con­tent of the cour­se pro­gram­me and discus­sions on-board.

The­re are 30 pla­ces ava­ila­ble on the cour­se. Teachers from dif­fe­rent coun­tries, cul­tu­res, uni­ver­si­ties, and disci­pli­nes will meet and exchan­ge know­led­ge, sha­re expe­rien­ces, learn and teach, deve­lop the­ir com­pe­ten­cies, work toge­ther, sail the ship, and expe­rien­ce the­ir life’s adven­tu­re. We will sail far from stress, inter­net, and tele­pho­ne con­nec­tion. This envi­ron­ment can­not fail to inspi­re and empo­wer!

Uni­ver­si­ty teachers with a strong back­gro­und within the field of susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment (see topics below) will be prio­ri­ti­zed. We also accept PhD stu­dents in order to give them an oppor­tu­ni­ty to deve­lop the­ir peda­go­gi­cal skills and learn from more expe­rien­ced col­le­agu­es.

From the eva­lu­ation from pre­vio­us Teacher­s¹ SAIL cour­se: — An excel­lent idea of sha­ring expe­rien­ce, dif­fe­rent points of view, inter­pre­ta­tions by teachers of dif­fe­rent back­gro­unds, from dif­fe­rent coun­tries, dif­fe­rent age. The sea chan­ged the per­spec­ti­ve total­ly and made this meeting real­ly unfor­get­ta­ble. It was uni­que, unu­su­al, fan­ta­stic time and an oppor­tu­ni­ty for per­so­nal deve­lop­ment. It never hap­pens during tra­di­tio­nal con­fe­ren­ces or meetings on land.

Acti­ve teacher par­ti­ci­pa­tion

Each par­ti­ci­pa­ting teacher will be requ­ired to sub­mit an abs­tract to one of the ses­sions listed below, and par­ti­ci­pa­te in on-board gro­up work, oral pre­sen­ta­tions, and discus­sions. Fur­ther, we will invi­te one teacher per ses­sion to give an invi­ted talk. All other pre­sen­ta­tions in the ses­sions will be pre­pa­red on-board in gro­up work based on the teachers’ exper­ti­se and sub­mit­ted abs­tract. All teachers sho­uld bring neces­sa­ry mate­rials for on-board pre­sen­ta­tions inc­lu­ding key refe­ren­ces to faci­li­ta­te gro­up work. As soon as we have the final list of par­ti­ci­pants, we will anno­un­ce spe­akers and orga­ni­za­tion of wor­king gro­ups. During the cour­se, the teachers will be able to exchan­ge up-to-date know­led­ge on susta­ina­bi­li­ty issu­es in the Bal­tic Sea region and work in teams with teachers from other coun­tries in an inter­na­tio­nal set­ting. It is expec­ted that the teachers will get a bet­ter under­stan­ding of the pro­blems and possi­bi­li­ties for a susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment.

Ses­sions

• The Bal­tic Sea Region: Cul­tu­res, Poli­tics, Eco­no­mics, Socie­ties
• Eco­sys­tem Health & Susta­ina­ble Agri­cul­tu­re
• Susta­ina­ble pro­duc­tion and con­sump­tion
• Cli­ma­te chan­ge
• Envi­ron­men­tal mana­ge­ment
• Envi­ron­men­tal scien­ce
• Susta­ina­ble ener­gy
• Lear­ning for a susta­ina­ble futu­re
• Urban deve­lop­ment
• Susta­ina­ble eco­no­my

Who can apply?

We are looking for acti­ve, open min­ded, and moti­va­ted teachers who are inte­re­sted in try­ing some­thing new — com­bi­ning a won­der­ful adven­tu­re with an unco­nven­tio­nal teaching and lear­ning expe­rien­ce. The cour­se is pri­ma­ri­ly aimed for teachers/researchers within the Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me network, but appli­cants from else­whe­re are also welco­me. Teachers from the BUP´s mem­bers’ uni­ver­si­ties will, howe­ver, be given prio­ri­ty. English is the spo­ken lan­gu­age on-board and flu­ent English is requ­ired.

Impor­tant: Life on-board a Tall Ship

On-board the sailing ves­sel all teachers will act as a wor­king crew. You will be divi­ded into one of three wat­ches that will be assi­gned 4 hours rota­ting duties (navi­ga­tion, deck, and kit­chen) — aro­und-the clock! Ple­ase keep in mind that in spi­te of the weather con­di­tions, and in spi­te of your con­di­tion, you sho­uld par­ti­ci­pa­te in your watch duties. You sho­uld also be awa­re that sailing a Tall ship means pul­ling lines, clim­bing masts to set and haul sails in the old-day fashion. Teachers are expec­ted to work toge­ther in the wat­ches to ful­fil the­ir sailing duties, which in our expe­rien­ce is an excel­lent tool for team buil­ding and to cre­ate a dyna­mic lear­ning envi­ron­ment. More­over, as crew mem­ber you must also do other duties on-board, in addi­tion to your sailing and teaching duties. This inc­lu­des cle­aning, cooking meals, washing dishes, and main­te­nan­ce work. The cour­se will be a phy­si­cal and social chal­len­ge and will hope­ful­ly deve­lop a strong feeling of coope­ra­tion, trust, and friend­ship. In addi­tion, it will be a prac­ti­cal and inten­si­ve way of lear­ning inter­cul­tu­ral com­mu­ni­ca­tion, the mari­ne envi­ron­ment, and ­ of cour­se ­ susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment. Prac­ti­ce of teaching and com­mu­ni­ca­ting in English is an added value. A note for per­sons sen­si­ti­ve to sea-sick­ness; the heaving motion of a Tall ship usu­al­ly leads to an ini­tial unple­asant phy­si­cal expe­rien­ce.

Costs

The cour­se is free of char­ge for teachers coming from the BUP’s Mem­bers’ uni­ver­si­ties – the­ir costs of accom­mo­da­tion and food will be cove­red by the BUP Cen­tre for Fin­land at Åbo Aka­de­mi Uni­ver­si­ty. 

A cour­se fee of 700 Euro per per­son applies for all other teachers. All teachers must howe­ver cover all tra­vel costs them­se­lves. Ple­ase see the upda­ted list of BUP’s Mem­bers’ Uni­ver­si­ties on the BUP web site (http://www.balticuniv.uu.se/about-us/member-universities/). Teachers are enco­ura­ged to inve­sti­ga­te the possi­bi­li­ty at the­ir own uni­ver­si­ties to get ERASMUS staff Euro­pe­an exchan­ge fun­ding to cover the­ir par­ti­ci­pa­tion and tra­vel costs.

 

Appli­ca­tions

Ple­ase fill in and sub­mit the Appli­ca­tion Form and the Health Sta­te­ment (enc­lo­sed). Ple­ase save all docu­ments with your name. The appli­ca­tion sho­uld inc­lu­de a CV (max 2 pages) and a per­so­nal let­ter (max 2 pages). Apart from your rese­arch and teaching expe­rien­ces, also descri­be your other inte­re­sts, such as sub­jects you love/like/teach, your dre­ams con­cer­ning your pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lop­ment, etc. In addi­tion, ple­ase give a short descrip­tion of how you envi­sa­ge that you can con­tri­bu­te to the SAIL cour­se on-board. We appre­cia­te your comments/ideas on ses­sion sub-topic­s/ac­ti­vi­ties, teaching/presentation methods, extra acti­vi­ties on board in con­nec­tion to the cour­se, ­ and any other rele­vant infor­ma­tion.

Ple­ase noti­ce that the pre­vio­us sailing expe­rien­ce is not neces­sa­ry and will not give you any prio­ri­ty for the cour­se. Par­ti­ci­pants will be selec­ted based on the­ir com­pe­ten­ce and strong back­gro­und within the field of susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/).

 

Appli­ca­tions sho­uld be sent to the BUP Secretariat/Maria Hej­na (maria.hejna@scduppsala.uu.se) no later than April 3, 2017. 

 

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