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Integrating Sustainability into Geoscience Courses
Saturday, October 26, 20131:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Part of the GSA Short Course 4-PackCo-sponsored by NAGT and the
Geoscience Education Division of GSA
David C. Gosselin, DirectorEnvironmental Studies Program
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html
Who isthis Guy?
My Career Journey
Gosselin Trajectory 2005 – Pres.
Assoc. Director SNR - TCDirector, Environmental StudiesDBER - Instruction
1982 – 1988 B.A. Geology, UST Internship, LPIPh.D Geology, SDSM&TPost-Doc. Battelle - PNL
1989 - 2005 CSD&SNR@UNLApplied Hydrogeology/ Geochemistry & NESEN
Goal: Incorporate key concepts ofsustainability into our courses
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Make sustainability concepts, skills, and “habits of mind” part of courses in ways that have curricular integrity and “standing” – both for faculty members and students. Su
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Goal: Incorporate key concepts ofsustainability into our courses
Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify possible integration points for
sustainability and geoscience content. 2. Formulate a plan to integrate sustainability
into at least one assignment in a course you currently teach.
3. Support participant’s in achieving personal outcomes.
Goal: Incorporate Key Concepts of Sustainability into our Courses
Who Are You? Name
InstitutionExpertise
Teaching Experience“It’s good to have goals”
Why Are You Here?Personal Learning Outcomes
What would you like togain from this workshop?
Approach modified fromSystems, Society, Sustainability
and the Geosciences: A Workshop to Create New Curricular
Materials to Integrate Geosciences into the Teaching of Sustainability
David C. Gosselin1 , Cathryn A Manduca2
Eric A Oches, 3 Jean MacGregor4 Karin B Kirk2
1. Environmental Studies Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE2. Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, Northfield , MN3. Natural and Applied Sciences, Bentley University, Waltham, MA4. Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, The
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Geoscientists
Biologists Chemists
Historians
Philosophers
Environmental Studies
Sustainability Studies
Engineers & Technologist
Economists & Business
Geographers
Political Scientists
An Interdisciplinary Workshop (n = 48)
Approach: Design Integrative Sustainability Assignments – A Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative’s
http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/project.asp?pid=62
“Big Idea” or concept
in the discipline
Sustainability context
or “Big Idea”
IntegrativeAssignment
Geoscience Infusion into Sustainability
Sustainability in practice
“Big Ideas”
Equity & Justice
Sustainability Skills; ability to:
Participatory democracy
Reflect Evaluate
“Connect the dots”
Systems thinking
Use indicators
Environmental Economics
Ecological footprint
Ecological citizenship
Sustainable use of resources
Precautionary principle
Bio mimicry
Environmental justice
Rights of all living things
Localism
Ethic of care Social
development
World view Climate change
Biodiversity Ecosystem
services
Ecosystem integrity
Thresholds; non-linear
relationships
Environmental history
Resilience
Decision-making
Recognize trade-offs
Habits of Mind
Critical hope
Shared responsibility Civic
consciousness
Respect for earth
Humility
Modified from: C.R. Svendsen Skagit Valley College
“INTEGRATE Grand
Challenges”
Energy Resources
Mineral Resources
Water Resources Food
Waste Disposal
Hazards
Climate Change
Environment Degradation
Geoscience and Grand Challenge Infusion into Sustainability Education
We have only just begun….
Questions????