Table 2.

CMO2 at C-Lab – learning methodology – pivots around the importance of navigating purposeful transformative change via backcasting

ContextMechanismsPotential learning outcomes
Engineering education setting emphasising problem solving with less attention to problem framing and normative considerationsSequenced moves within backcasting framework weaving together all learning mechanisms for containing complexity and any sense of overwhelmingness
[…] with particular attention to “staying with the question” as […]
sustainability orienting (M4), multi-perspectivity (M5) and leverage point attraction (M6) where sustainability challenges are identified, formulated, and grounded in local/regional context
(Increased) capabilities and agency in facilitating and giving shape to future-oriented activity that questions and overcomes constraints of existing systems
Identify, frame, and formulate complex challenges in structured and systematic ways (synthesise)
Understanding of sustainability issues, underlying causes and that positive change is possible (empathise)
Ethically reflect upon choice and desirability in unity of theory and practice (diverge and iterate)
Positioning tools and methods in broader framework including awareness of their respective aims and limitations

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