A curriculum to enhance environmental literacy

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作者：
Nair, Indira [1 ,4 ]
Jones, Sharon [2 ,5 ]
White, Jennifer [3 ,6 ]
机构：
[1] Dept. of Eng. and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
[2] Department of Civil Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
[3] H. John Heinz, III, Sch. Pub. P./M., Carnegie Mellon University
[4] Off. of the Vice Provost for Educ., Carnegie Mellon University, 609a Warner Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
[5] Department of Civil Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, IN 47803
[6] H. John Heinz, III, Sch. Pub. P./M., Carnegie Mellon University, Hamburg Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
来源：
Journal of Engineering Education | 2002年 / 91卷 / 01期
关键词：
Bulletin boards - Cognitive systems - Decision making - Environmental impact - Evaluation - Knowledge acquisition - Students - Sustainable development - Teaching;
D O I：
10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00673.x
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摘要：
Environmental literacy is an important part of undergraduate education. Such literacy is optimally gained with an approach that weaves together the necessary disciplinary knowledge within a problem-based context. This paper describes the result of efforts over a decade developing and teaching an environmental literacy course at the undergraduate level. The objective of the course is to enable students to make informed decisions in the context of environmental issues. In this paper, we describe the theoretical under-pinnings of the course, provide a course description, and discuss a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the course in promoting environmental literacy. The material is currently being organized as a web-based text.
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