Integration of Education for Sustainable Development in Statistics

What is Sustainable Development?

Environmental, economic and social well-being for today and tomorrow

Sustainable development has been defined in many ways, but the most frequently quoted definition is from Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report:^[1]
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:

• the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
  
• the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs."
  

All definitions of sustainable development require that we see the world as a system—a system that connects space; and a system that connects time.
When you think of the world as a system over space, you grow to understand that air pollution from North America affects air quality in Asia, and that pesticides sprayed in Argentina could harm fish stocks off the coast of Australia.
And when you think of the world as a system over time, you start to realize that the decisions our grandparents made about how to farm the land continue to affect agricultural practice today; and the economic policies we endorse today will have an impact on urban poverty when our children are adults.
We also understand that quality of life is a system, too. It's good to be physically healthy, but what if you are poor and don't have access to education? It's good to have a secure income, but what if the air in your part of the world is unclean? And it's good to have freedom of religious expression, but what if you can't feed your family?
The concept of sustainable development is rooted in this sort of systems thinking. It helps us understand ourselves and our world. The problems we face are complex and serious—and we can't address them in the same way we created them. But we can address them.

Introduction to E-Portfolio

What is a E-portfolio?

      A portfolio is a collection of work developed across varied contexts over time. The portfolio can advance learning by providing students and/or faculty with a way to organize, archive and display pieces of work.

      The electronic format allows faculty and other professionals to evaluate student portfolios using technology, which may include the Internet, video, and animation. Electronic portfolios are becoming a popular alternative to traditional paper-based portfolios because they offer practitioners and peers the opportunity to review, communicate and assess portfolios in an asynchronous manner. 
This E-Portfolio in Educ 216 is another innovative portal for us students to learn more about to the new methods, strategies and techniques in integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in our lessons. This portal presents a forthright state-of-the-art 21st Century skills in developing the higher order thinking skills and multiple intelligences of the students. 

I. The Isles of My Portfolio in Educ 213

 Module I.Introduction to Statistics
Module II. Variables:The Subject Matter of Statistics and Research
Module III. Integration of Innovation in Statistics
Module IV. Measures of Central Location
Module V. Measures of Variation
Module VI. Measures of Correlation
Module VII. Normal Probability Distribution
Module VIII. Sampling Theories and Hypothesis Testing
Module IX. The T-Test,Z-Test and Chi-square using MS
Module X. Analysis of Variation (ANOVA)
Module XI. LInear and Multiple Regression Analysis
Module XII. Computer Statistical Application