The Development of a Learning Package : From University to Upper Secondary School Adaptation and the Implementation of a Banking role

Sammanfattning: In order for society to achieve its goal of a sustainable future, it is important that the school system implements education for sustainable development (ESD). In this report, a sustainable development (SD) learning package from Snowflake Education, consisting of a system thinking module (STM) and the game FishBanks, an ESD role-play game developed by Dennis Meadows, was further developed in two separate directions. One part was to develop a prototype, based on the STM, applicable for the Upper secondary school (USS) and the other part was about incorporating an economical aspect into FishBanks.In order to achieve this, the study conducted a product development of the prototype for the USS and a bank role in FishBanks. The test subjects in this study was from a conducted game seminar at an USS with 52 students and two interviews with the client (USS) and the outsourcer (Snowflake Education). The results were then analysed using a thematic approach. The economical aspects in FishBanks were tested through a product development method, which included the authors’ own testing, two independent test subjects as well as a testing session with the CEO of Snowflake Education.The main findings in the first part of the study showed that a for the STM to be applicable for the USS, the structure had to change, the content had to be reduced and it should include more positive emotional elements. The students at the USS experienced the level of difficulty in the developed prototype to be moderate to rather difficult. Moreover, most of the students understood the concept of complex systems to a greater or lesser extent. There were further findings that supported existing theories within ESD, which suggest that students seem to focus on the individual’s behavior.The interview with the teacher within the USS displayed issues concerning the ESD competence among the faculty and management at the USS, which was confirmed by theory within ESD. In the second part, the economical perspective was broadened through the implementation of a bank role in FishBanks.In the first part, the study concluded that the STM is applicable to an USS in the subjects of Social- and Natural Science, but the structure had to change due to the format being unsuitable to the USS. Furthermore, the content in the STM was considered too heavy and lacking emotional content for the USS. In the second part, the bank role of FishBanks showed potential within ESD. The overall results of the study were promising, but the recommendation was that both parts should undergo further revisions, before being applied.