Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Student Union Room 213
Start Date
6-3-2009 10:30 AM
End Date
6-3-2009 12:00 PM
Description
MORNING CONCURRENT TRACK 3: WEATHERING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CURRICULUM Moderator Barbara St. Pierre Schneider Student Union Room 213 Andy Jorgensen – Creating a Learning Community for Solutions to Climate Change Abstract: The Climate Solutions Committee of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD) has proposed the creation of a learning community that will develop curricular content on solutions to anthropogenic climate change by drawing on the best available research on the phenomenon, coupled with the most effective pedagogical methods. The goal is to transform academic education about climate change from the current emphasis on physical and biological science to an interdisciplinary enterprise that includes mitigation and adaptation. We propose to use a community-building process to produce an adaptive virtual tool chest of curricular resources, methods, and experiences that can be used by educators at a variety of levels, focused on how to teach about climate solutions in general education and courses for science majors. The goal is to equip college students not just to diagnose problems but to give them the capacity to address and fix them. Amy Northrup, David Hassenzahl – Climate Education Courses in the United States Abstract: Climate change is becoming an increasingly common topic of courses at institutions of higher education across the United States. However, the literature on appropriate and effective climate education praxis is limited. This session will outline, presents early findings on, and solicit ideas about how best to proceed with, an evaluation of climate education courses and programs. The first stage of this research is the development of a database of climate education syllabi. It is a non non-random sample, but should represent the range of courses being offered, and can be used to assess what topics are being covered, at what institutions and program, and at what academic level . David James, Tom Piechota, Jeff Jablonski – Sustainability and General Education Abstract: The topics of sustainability, environmental literacy, and climate change are becoming part of many university educational programs. This presentation will present some of the national programs that are incorporating sustainability and the climate change. In addition, the presenters will give an update on the revisions being proposed to the UNLV General Education core, which may include incorporating sustainability into an educational outcome related to ethics and sustainability as dimensions of responsible citizenship.
Keywords
Climatic changes – Study and teaching (Higher)
Disciplines
Climate | Curriculum and Instruction | Environmental Sciences | Science and Mathematics Education | Sustainability
Amy Northrup, David Hassenzahl-Climate Education Courses in the United States, 8 PowerPoint slides
DJames_SustainGenEd_USIConf_PPt_03-06-2009.pdf (378 kB)
David James, Tom Piechota, Jeff Jablonski-Sustainability and General Education, 33 PowerPoint slides
Included in
Climate Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons, Sustainability Commons
Morning concurrent track 3: Weathering climate change in the curriculum
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Student Union Room 213
MORNING CONCURRENT TRACK 3: WEATHERING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CURRICULUM Moderator Barbara St. Pierre Schneider Student Union Room 213 Andy Jorgensen – Creating a Learning Community for Solutions to Climate Change Abstract: The Climate Solutions Committee of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD) has proposed the creation of a learning community that will develop curricular content on solutions to anthropogenic climate change by drawing on the best available research on the phenomenon, coupled with the most effective pedagogical methods. The goal is to transform academic education about climate change from the current emphasis on physical and biological science to an interdisciplinary enterprise that includes mitigation and adaptation. We propose to use a community-building process to produce an adaptive virtual tool chest of curricular resources, methods, and experiences that can be used by educators at a variety of levels, focused on how to teach about climate solutions in general education and courses for science majors. The goal is to equip college students not just to diagnose problems but to give them the capacity to address and fix them. Amy Northrup, David Hassenzahl – Climate Education Courses in the United States Abstract: Climate change is becoming an increasingly common topic of courses at institutions of higher education across the United States. However, the literature on appropriate and effective climate education praxis is limited. This session will outline, presents early findings on, and solicit ideas about how best to proceed with, an evaluation of climate education courses and programs. The first stage of this research is the development of a database of climate education syllabi. It is a non non-random sample, but should represent the range of courses being offered, and can be used to assess what topics are being covered, at what institutions and program, and at what academic level . David James, Tom Piechota, Jeff Jablonski – Sustainability and General Education Abstract: The topics of sustainability, environmental literacy, and climate change are becoming part of many university educational programs. This presentation will present some of the national programs that are incorporating sustainability and the climate change. In addition, the presenters will give an update on the revisions being proposed to the UNLV General Education core, which may include incorporating sustainability into an educational outcome related to ethics and sustainability as dimensions of responsible citizenship.
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