History

TeachESD.org is a research and teacher professional development project administered by the Drexel University McNichol Early Childhood Education Lab. In 2020, a conceptual framework entitled Teaching for Sustainability and Altruism through Project-Based Learning was published as a book chapter. In 2022, the framework was expanded to include practitioner guides for primary and secondary education and published in an updated book chapter (Emerald Publishing, in-press). Also in 2022, a detailed White Paper describing the conceptual framework, its application to PK - 12 teaching and teacher training and a strategic plan for the future development of the SAPBL project was commissioned by the Global Peace and Prosperity Forum in order to contribute these ideas to UNESCO's Transforming Education Initiative which team members are participating in. 

A complete online course for teacher professional development around the SAPBL framework was first written and published on the Blackboard learner management system. In Spring, 2022, the first cohort of 40 PK - 4 teachers from the U.S. and China enrolled in the course and learned to apply the SAPBL framework in their classrooms.  

Team

1. Michael Haslip, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Drexel University 

2. Amanda Clarke, Ed.D., PBL Expert Trainer and Curriculum Developer 

3. Maryan Walter, Director of Coaching

4. Noah Harrington, Sustainability Coach

5. Sinead Meehan, Ph.D. Candidate, Drexel University

6. Monica Blaisdell, Ph.D. Student, Drexel University

7. Casey Hanna, Ph.D. Student, Drexel U., Director of Networks

8. Sera Anello, Director of Teacher Resources

You can read a brief biography of each team member here. 

Contact

Please contact us using this request form. 

Publications

1. Haslip, M.J., & Penn, M. (2020). Cultivating human rights and protecting human dignity by nurturing altruism and a life of service: Integrating U.N. Sustainable Development Goals into school curricula. In H. Mahmoudi and M. Penn (Eds.), Human Dignity and Human Rights. Bingley: Emerald Publishing.

2. Blaisdell, M., Haslip, M., (2022). Education for sustainability and altruism through project-based learning: Contributing to UNESCO’s Futures of Education Initiative. White Paper. Global Peace and Prosperity Forum. Read online here. 

3. Haslip, M.J., Clarke, A., Terry, N.T., Penn, M. (2023, accepted). Project-based learning for sustainability and altruism in elementary and secondary education. In Kristy Kelly, (Ed). Global education: From theory to practice, Vol. 2 (Education Research in Global Context). Emerald Publishing Limited.