M4: AER Meeting December 2017 at the Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal
During the AER meeting in December 2017 the most important activity was fine tune the course units of the curriculum in Agroecology(AE) with a special emphasis on the integration of case study learning in each unit enabling a shift from top-down teaching towards a process of mutual learning. Future teachers of AE presented their current approach in the draft of their teaching units and reflected it with the team to be ready to full fill the roll of a facilitator of “expert learners”.
In-field visits brought the AER-team to the established field trials of the APPAER –scholarship holder within the AER project in the district of Kasese. Due to population growth and scarcity of available land, agricultural activities expanded up the steep slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains during the last 25 years resulting in massive erosion. The trials are set up to develop a systems model for sustainable soil erosion control in the Rwenzori region.