Problem-based learning project, Forest21 is hosting a 4-day workshop at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Partners would like to achieve the following objectives during the workshop; 

1. Contextualize climate change, its implications for the forest industry and entrepreneurial opportunities towards improved sustainability.
2. Identify and document appropriate and viable Student Challenges that can inform revised academic curricula.
3. Further training of academics in Problem Based Learning, using draft Student Challenges

PROGRAMME 

DAY 1: (5 Sept.) 

- Mini-symposium (Contextualization of Climate-smart forestry, with related socio-economic aspects)
 

DAY 2: (6 Sept.) 

- Dialogue – Identifying potential themes for Student Challenges (4 hours)

- Documentation of Student Challenges
 

DAY 3: (7 Sept.) 

-Field trip
 

DAY 4: (8 Sept.) 

- Documentation of Student Challenges, Feedback session and Critique   (PBL)

- Consolidation & Closure

Read more: forest21.org