Didactics

Most of us have heard at some time in our lives, E=mc². Some of us know that it’s the basis of Einstein's theory of special relativity. A lot fewer of us know what that means!  But you don’t need to. From a permaculture perspective the key point behind the theory is that matter can neither be created, nor destroyed.  And the same is true of energy.  Designing efficient systems is all about how we manage energy. There are three main kinds of energy we need to be concerned about:

Here you can find linked a sample timetable (in PDF) of a 12-day Permaculture Design Course, as delivered by Graham Bell at The Red Shed - Garden College, in Scotland over 6 weekends.

Graham Bell also writes below about his ideas for a successful Permaculture course. He's been teaching permaculture over 25 years. 

Tätä ohjelmarunkoa on käytetty viikonloppukursseillamme 2012 alkaen Helsingissä ja Turussa. Ohjelmassa painottuvat osallistavat harjoitukset, luentoja on vain muutama. Säästä riippumatta vedämme aina osan sessioista ulkona.

Joel Rosenberg ja Tanja Korvenmaa

This is a questionnaire for students to self-assess their learning styles. Contributed by Aranya and developed by Victoria Chislett

VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment Questionnaire

Circle or tick the answer that most represents how you generally behave.

(It’s best to complete the questionnaire before reading the accompanying explanation.)

1. When I operate new equipment I generally:

1. read the instructions first

Below you can find linked a PDF of a sample 10-day intensive certified Permaculture Design Course, as delivered by Cultivate at Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Ireland. Irish PDC Sample Timetable (pdf)

Enseñando un juego llamado “Linea de recursos”. Un resumen de la micro-lección de Mirka, por Andrew Zionts  La planificación de la lección es: Objetivos

by Joel Rosenberg 

Context:  I've used this method with master level art & design & architecture students when running an intensive one week workshop called "Foraging and Gardening in the City" in Helsinki, Finland 2011-2013. This method can be used on a PDC too.

Duration: Part I. 30min. + Part II. 5min./student (12 students = 60min.) 

Description: Before the session the teacher selects a number of books that she/he thinks could be helpful for the students.

A Winter School is described in the linked file that is run in  12 sessions of 4 hours (excluding travel) spread over 6 weeks. Design exercises in different contexts allow students to hone design skills and learn meta skills. The file is a course outline - a work in progress with some obvious items lacking such as student hand-outs and rubrics, to be updated as the course unfolds. Language: English File: Winter School Format - Design Course

A presentation used as elevator pitch for audiences new to permaculture. File: Permacultuur in het kort 1 Language: Dutch Author: Leo Bakx Aardwerk, 2010 (CC: BY-SA) Time: 15 - 30 minutes plus Q&A time. Preceded or followed by a practical activity indoors or outdoors. Finished by pot-luck lunch, morning/afternoon tea or dinner - whatever is appropriate. Can be used as on-screen presentation or printed on paper and used as flip-over.

The course aims at introducing the permaculture design concept so that each participant, at the end of the course, has a very good grasp of it and some very solid base to start to deepen their knowledge about permaculture, either by self-study or by attending a PDC.