Cross cutting teaching tools

Narratives

NEW! This module (available in Word, PDF) aims to facilitate the intentional use of narratives in teaching about complex issues at the confluence of health, ecosystems and society. It includes four lesson plans and a slide deck, How we talk about the climate crisis: Ecosystem approaches to health, the climate and narratives. 

The CoPEH-Canada course and webinar series proposes a list of narrative readings (fiction and poetry). This document provides the books we have used in the course from 2020 to 2024.

Case Studies

This module (Word, PDF) provides foundational material and lesson plans on integrating case studies into ecosystem approaches to health pedagogy. Sections on Building a Case Study – A step by step process, Embedding a Case Study in a Course Curriculum, Pre‐Course Planning, Facilitating the Case Study Learning Process and an Example of an ecohealth case study scenario are provided. 

Posters

This module (Word, PDF) provides foundational material and lesson plans on integrating posters into ecosystem approaches to health pedagogy. The poster exercise is designed to get participants thinking about how their learning in the course informs their research or practice. The poster helps integrate knowledge by giving participants a concrete point of focus and encourages giving and receiving feedback.

Reflective Journaling

This module (PDF) provides foundational material and lesson plans on integrating reflective journaling into ecosystem approaches to health pedagogy. The Reflective Journal Activity is designed to facilitate students’ understanding, meaning making, and application of ecohealth concepts (the “what, so what, and now what” of ecohealth) in relation to other aspects of a course and their own projects.

Rich Picture Maps

This module (PDF) provides foundational material and lesson plans on integrating Rich Picture Maps into ecosystem approaches to health pedagogy. A rich picture map is a collection of images composed in a way that tells a multi-layered, complex, visual narrative of an issue, through the lens of a theme within a specific context. The map is collaboratively constructed in small groups.