Erasmus IP Summer School

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The Summer School Program, "Reconfiguring Values and Knowledge for Sustainable Communities" is a three-week transdisciplinary program on sustainable communities and environmental studies. The theme of sustainability will be explored through different disciplines, such as environmental engineering, economics, forestry, geography, humanities, law, social and international studies.t is open to graduate students (MA and PhD) and students entering the final year of their undergraduate studies...more

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Reconfiguring Values and Knowledge

for Sustainable Communities

August 4 - 25, 2013, Agros

ΑΓΓ 735 / ΑΓΓ 145 - 5 ECTS

HIGHLIGHTS

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED DURING THIS COURSE IS THAT GREATER EMPHASIS NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON EDUCATION AND AWARENESS...WE, AS INHABITANTS OF THE PLANET,
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I FOUND MYSELF RE-THINKING MY ARGUMENTS AND RE-STRUCTURING MY COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS SO THAT THEY COULD FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY TO THEM. THIS
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BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE CANNOT SEE YOUR POINT OF VIEW, OR SEES IT DIFFERENTLY, IS A POSITIVE THING. IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ARGUE
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THE ERASMUS PROGRAM HAS OPENED MY EYES. I HAVE NOT BEEN PUT IN A SITUATION BEFORE WHERE I HAVE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND
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HOW DO WE LEARN TO THINK CRITICALLY? HOW DO WE LEARN TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE? MANY STUDENTS ADMITTED THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY, BUT WHY WAS THAT? THEY
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PERSONALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE IP, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OTHER DISCIPLINES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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IT WAS EXCITING TO DISCUSS WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES AS IT ALLOWED ME TO VIEW TOPICS DIFFERENTLY... OVERALL A GREAT EXPERIENCE
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