Foundations Science/Environmental Educ

Catalog description

The goals of this course are to explore a range of historical and contemporary methodologies of science and environmental education, to consider the relationships between the social contexts of science, environmental studies, and educating for sustainability and how they are taught in the classroom, and to examine science as an evolving knowledge system. With emphasis on philosophy and theory as well as practice, we will consider questions regarding the nature of science and environmental education and how we distinguish between them. You will reflect on your own personal experiences as a learner and a teacher as you study trends of the past 150 years and ponder how these trends will apply to your practice as an educator.