If We Are So Smart, Why Do We Need Environmental Education?

Stoss, Frederick W.

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“…They are promoted by the United Nations (UNESCO, n.d.), and benefit from pressure being placed on schools by governments (Eames, Brownwen, & Bolstad, 2008;Jickling & Wals, 2008). Environmental activist organizations have explicitly targeted schools (Stoss, 2008), and their potential power within education is clear.…”

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Open-minded Environmental Education in the Science Classroom

Burns

Norris

2020

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In this paper we will discuss the issue of environmental advocacy in science education in light of William Hare’s concept of open-mindedness. Although we shall assume that science teaching and learning must go beyond the scientific facts and theories and deal with the implications of science for society, we shall argue that science education should also demand an open-mindedness about environmental concerns such that all proposals for sustainability and the like are weighed against the alternatives using the best scientific knowledge available. Our approach will be to describe two examples of environmental education that recommend insufficiently open-minded forms of teaching and a third example that avoids this shortcoming yet provides a sound basis in environmental education.

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Open-minded Environmental Education in the Science Classroom

Burns

Norris

2020

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Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries: Planning for the Future

Jankowska¹,

Marcum²

2010

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There is growing concern that a variety of factors threaten the sustainability of academic libraries: developing and preserving print and digital collections, supplying and supporting rapidly changing technological and networking infrastructure, providing free services, maintaining growing costs of library buildings, and lowering libraries’ ecological footprint. This paper discusses the multidimensional issues of sustainability in academic libraries and identifies needs for designing an integrated framework for sustainable strategies in academic libraries. Additionally, the paper presents a synthesis of existing literature on the increasingly popular topic of “green libraries” and prepares a background toward developing a framework for sustainable strategies in academic libraries.

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If We Are So Smart, Why Do We Need Environmental Education?

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Open-minded Environmental Education in the Science Classroom

Open-minded Environmental Education in the Science Classroom

Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries: Planning for the Future

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