Table 1.

Indicative lesson plan.

Lesson plan
Bridge-in (motivation)Achieve a deeper understanding of organisational sustainability issues and of the potential approaches addressing these issues
AssessmentInformal assessment of the analysis of the case study of each student/student team
Learning ObjectivesBetter understanding of how organisations approach sustainability issues, what the issues are and how the decisions made by organisational leaders affect the outcome of such undertakings.
Instructor activitiesLearner activitiesResourcesTime (minutes)
1. Introduction to the sessionState aim of session and distribute registerSign registerPowerPoint slides, register5
2. Lego warm up exercisesExplain aim of Lego and facilitate students building simple Lego models (two exercises)Build Lego models, discuss Lego models within their teamsPowerPoint slides, Lego bricks20 (10 if students are familiar with LSP, with one instead of two warm up exercises)
3. Organisational sustainability case studyBrief presentation of the general background of the case studyTake notes of the major sustainability challenges presented to the organisationPowerPoint Slides10
4. LSP questionIntroduce the first question: what are the main sustainability problems and risks that the organisation is facing? Build Lego modelBuild Lego models responding to the questionLego bricks, slides5
5. LSP sharingFacilitate sharing of Lego models, share their own insightsShare insights built into Lego modelsLego bricks10 (timings during this stage of the process depend on student numbers, we would advise for each student to be given a minute.)
6. LSP reflectionSummarise themes discussed during the sharing stage, connect them to theoryTake notes of themes 5
7. LSP questionIntroduce the second question: what are the potential solutions to these problems and risks, and what should the business do to solve these issues?Build Lego models responding to the questionLego bricks, slides5
8. LSP sharingFacilitate sharing of Lego models, share their own insightsShare insights built into Lego modelsLego bricks,10 (timings during this stage of the process depend on student numbers, we would advise for each student to be given a minute to present their model.)
9. LSP reflectionSummarise themes discussed during the sharing stage, connect them to theoryTake notes of themes 5

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