Interdependence is the way in which two or more living things depends on each other to grow and remain healthy. For our first week of this topic, we went to visit two farms. My favourite thing about the farm visits was the contrast between the two farms. I always remember the best school trips were the ones when we went to farms and country parks and as a pupil I thought it was really only a treat but now looking back I can relate to why they trips were relevant. I think a farm visit for a class, at any age, would be very useful to their learning of interdependence under sustainable development. What is even better for teachers nowadays in that The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) provides lots of resources and services around farm visits and can assist with planning, including risk assessments, making our lives as teachers so much easier. Although, our 2 weeks of Interdependence were hands on and involved a lot of learning, I think it would be quite hard to teach in a classroom so believe that this topic would be best taught with a very hands on approach.
List of skills I have developed through Interdependence topic:
- Critical Writing & Reading
- Technology
- Working with others
My skills of technology has developed by seeing first hand the types of technology and methods that modern day farms use. I further developed my technology and research skills by creating a Piktochart within a group on interdependence and the sustainability of the seas. By working as part of a team is very beneficial as it allows for all members of the group to bounce ideas of each other and therefore broadens our knowledge. My skills developed on this task, as normally I would take control of the task or just let someone else do the work, but we agreed that we all take different parts to research ensuring that everyone fully participates. The researching of this information consisted of academic articles. I find it quite difficult to read academic literature and then summarise to note form and by completing this task my skill of this has developed slightly however I can still do a lot to work to further develop.
