Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities
The goal of this workshop is to enhance teaching and learning capacities by modernizing curriculum and developing jointly taught courses and to increase research capacities at Central Asian universities by creating regional knowledge hubs in UN SDGS of Climate Action and Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 12-19, 2022- Six speakers from 5 universities from United States and 10 panelists from 9 Central Asian universities will present and participate in a hybrid workshop. This workshop was designed to enhance teaching and learning capacities by modernizing curriculum and developing jointly taught courses in priority UN SDGs (Climate Action and Sustainable Communities) at Central Asian universities and to increase research capacities at Central Asian and US universities in these priority UN SDGs through the creation of regional knowledge hubs. The one week educational and practical program will address the above-mentioned UN SDGs goals.
The six speakers from US are well known professors and experts in their fields. They all have extensive teaching, research, and mentoring experiences. They are active members of Ecological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change, and authors of books and research papers in SDGs related goals.
“Modernizing Curriculum towards the Goals of UN SDGs for Central Asian Universities-Climate Action and Sustainability Development Workshop” will take place from June 12-19, 2022, in a hybrid mode (in-person and/or zoom). The in-person venue is at American University of Central Asia 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Detailed Schedule for the workshops:
June 12: Arrival to AUCA dormitory
18:00 Meeting of the participants, instructors, and AUCA hosts
June 13: Climate Change Science
9:00 Introduction of the lectures and format (Fang)
9:30 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Groffman)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Climate Intervention (Parker and Hendrey)
16:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 14: Sustainable Development
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Fan)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Building collaboration with joint programs (Pulatov and Alimbekova)
16:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 15: Research Design and Proposal Writing
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Gurevitch)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation (Karimov and Kulmatov)
16:00 Group discussion and proposal writing
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 16: Land Cover and Land Use Sciences/GIS
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Chen)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Urban Ecology field trip (Kulenbekov and Mambetova)
14:00 Breakout room discussion and proposal writing
June 17: Applied Ecology and Adaptation
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Hendrey)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Climate Research in the field (Kelgenbaeva and Sultanaliev)
14:00 Breakout room discussion and proposal writing
June 18: Final Reflection and Adaptation
9:00 Panel discussion and Q&A (Kussainova, Sarsembin and Kenbayeva)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Group discussion and breakout room discussion
16:00 Wrap up workshop and exit survey (Wei Fang)
18:30 Farewell social at AUCA
June 19: Departure
- Start: 12 June 2022
- End: 19 June 2022
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- Location: N/A , , Kyrgyzstan