The SDG House

The SDG House is a conceptual framework, providing direction for sustainable education within the HU. A multitude of materials have been developed to purposefully engage with the SDG House.

The SDG House represents the task for the institute or the study programme. The house consists of the following parts:

• • The external factors that guide institutional frameworks, educational vision and goals. These include requirements from the professional field, social trends and developments, the overarching nationwide educational framework from the higher professional educational (hbo, hoger beroepsonderwijs-)organisation, and laws and regulations (which may vary by domain).
  • The HU framework is the same for all study programmes. The institute translates these and the external factors into the transition vision with strategic goals.
  • The study programme translates goals into sustainable learning outcomes. These are reflected in the assessment or testing.
  • Other components of the house are concrete elaborations of the learning outcomes in the body of knowledge and skills of education (knowledge, values, standards), the study programme competences and the rich learning environment (such as learning communities, field labs, workshops, challenges and project education) in which learning takes place through learning activities.
  • The foundation of the house is support (among lecturers, students and MT), available time and competence (knowledge and skills). This largely determines the pace of transition and is needed for input to external and internal frameworks.

The SDG House can be used as:

• • • Source of inspiration and toolbox
      It contains explanations, tips, tools and examples for each of the components so that the study programme itself can easily get started with sustainable development.
    • Overview
      This contains a coherent story between all components with which the study programme can create a plan to anchor sustainable development.

Who is the SDG House intended for:

• (Change) managers: those with the responsibility to get the sustainable transition done.
• Lecturers: they will translate the sustainable vision and goals into education.

In addition, other stakeholders must be involved:

• Researchers
• Students
• Clients/collaboration partners from the professional field
• Future generations
• The immediate environment
• Nature