SUST6100 Sustainable Future for Education - Inclusive Vocational Practices Course description

This Erasmus+ course focuses on social sustainability issues in vocational education, emphasizing practical approaches to inclusion, multiculturalism, and diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET) learning environments. It is an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP), combining online and onsite intensive collaboration in Oslo. Participants will develop concrete strategies for creating more inclusive learning environments, using both didactic and digital tools. Building social sustainability skills within VET is a fundamental future-proofing strategy within education, as truly sustainable educational systems must be equitable, inclusive, and responsive to diverse learners and communities.

Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge

• Identify key principles of social sustainability in VET contexts

• Recognise diverse learner needs and cultural backgrounds in vocational settings

Skills

• Apply inclusive teaching strategies in VET classrooms, utilising both analogue and digital methods

• Collaborate effectively with European peers on social sustainability-related challenges

General Competence

• Reflect critically on personal teaching practices regarding inclusion and diversity

Content:

Sustainable and Inclusive TVET

• Understanding educational systems and interconnections

• Inclusion and equity as human rights issues

Transformative Pedagogical Approaches

• Introduction to digital pedagogical competency for educators

• Critical thinking development in students

• Inclusive teaching methods and technologies

European Collaboration for Educational Change

• Collaborative innovation in teacher education

Teaching and learning methods

• Blended intensive program (BIP) hosted at OsloMet

• Digital synchronous teaching session (digital component)

• Face-to-face lectures and seminars (physical component)

• Group work (both digital online preparation, physical collaboration and reflection activities)

• Individual and group tasks

• Cross-cultural collaboration with European participants

• Relevant vocational and cultural site visits, including partnered vocational schools

Work requirements/mandatory activities

100% Class attendance, both physical and digital, is mandatory. The programme emphasises student participation, dialogue, and cooperative learning, which depends upon attendance and active participation in class.

In the event of unavoidable absence, students may complete a compensatory measure under the guidance of teaching staff.

Assessment/examination

Group Project: groups (of maximum 5 students) will present a poster presentation based on the course content and learning outcomes. The presentations will take place on the final day of the physical component.

Word count for poster presentation: 500+/- 10%

Timeframe for presentations: 15 minutes +/- 2 minutes

Permitted aids during examination

All materials are allowed

Grading scale

Pass/fail

If the presentation is assessed as a fail, a revised version may be submitted for evaluation one time. For any subsequent attempts, a new presentation must be submitted.

Examiner system

Two examiners (one from OsloMet and one BIP partner) will be assigned

Target group:

The target group consists of students at the partner institutions in the BIP program, at both the bachelor's and master's levels, as well as students in the vocational teacher education (VET) program at OsloMet.

Students currently enrolled in continuing education courses in the Department of Vocational Teacher Education at Oslo Metropolitan University may also apply.

Admission requirements

• OsloMet Students must have completed their first year*

• Incoming students must be nominated by one of the 2026 BIP partner institutions

*NB: OsloMet Students registered in continuing education courses must have completed their first semester.