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Introduction to Ecological Perspectives in Environmental and Sustainability Education (2)
Introduction to ecological dimensions of sustainability and its interconnectedness with local and global economic and social dimensions. Students are introduced to integrated environmental and sustainability issues and curriculum development using a Pacific Northwest based case-study approach. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon the unique ecological perspectives of environmental and sustainability studies.
Introduction to Cultural, Social and Economic Perspectives in Environmental and Sustainability Education (2)
Explores the many dimensions of sustainability—social, economic, cultural, institutional, and personal that bear on the fabric of human society and its relationship to and effect on the natural environment. Promotes related understanding of self and community in the global context. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon the unique cultural, social, and economic perspectives of environmental and sustainability studies.
Contemporary Issues in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Ecological Dimensions (2)
Students explore methods for identifying, investigating, and evaluating environmental and sustainability systems and issues using community resources. Students develop interdisciplinary (human/social studies and environmental sciences) curriculum to promote student learning and engagement/advocacy in/for local and global sustainable communities. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon the unique ecological perspectives of environmental and sustainability studies.
Contemporary Issues in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Cultural, Social and Economic Dimension (2)
Develops conceptual frameworks and analytic skills for understanding complex, dynamic patterns in human systems (with particular attention to the influence of dualism, reductionism, and holism) that underlie common and specialized comprehension of critical contemporary issues in sustainability and the natural environment, especially those of food production and distribution and greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon knowledge and understanding of significant contemporary issues in environmental integrity and long-term sustainability.
Identifying, Investigating, and Evaluating Current Issues in Sustainability and the Environment(4)
Evaluates, integrates and applies natural and social science perspectives to explore effects of human activities on the natural and built environments for their significance to sustainability in the near and long terms. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon knowledge and understanding of significant contemporary issues in environmental integrity and long-term sustainability.
Policy-making, Engagement, and Action in Sustainability and the Environment (4)
Explores how a variety of social, economic and environmental theories, perspectives, insights and innovations can be implemented and practiced with special attention on regional, national, and international sustainability innovations. Examine social, political and scientific considerations inherent in environmental policy and regulation, and gain a deeper awareness of how these factors interact. Prepares for effectively teaching and assessing curriculum and programs that have been created, expanded, or adopted and which draw upon knowledge and understanding of significant contemporary issues in environmental integrity and long-term sustainability.
Professional Development and Contributions in Environmental and Sustainability Education (4)
Examines the opportunities and benefits to becoming an active member of the environmental and sustainability education professional community through a field experience based capstone project. Experiential project reflects upon cumulative portfolio learning and prepares for life-long personal and professional development as educator and citizen dedicated to the purposes and best practices of environmental stewardship and pursuit of sustainability.
The capstone project may include field experience and may take a variety of forms, including curriculum, a grant proposal, a website, a planned or conducted public forum or training, a new or revised program manual, an assessment protocol or guideline, a policy statement or white paper on something like a school improvement project, a school-community partnership, or on an enduring issue like funding, staffing, testing, remedial programs, teacher education, school governance.
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