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Mélard, François; Denayer, Dorothée; Semal, Nathalie – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
This article examines a 15 year-old master level seminar dedicated to the exploration of local and complex environmental issues marked by scientific or technological uncertainties. Following a pragmatic learning approach, we focus our discussion on a triadic relationship between supervisors, students and various concerned publics. A local flood…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Supervisors, Stakeholders, Foreign Countries
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Abramov, Ruslan A.; Sokolov, Maxim S. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Relevance of the study lies in the fact that modern higher education in the Russian Federation are increasingly approaching the critical state--despite attempts to reform and use of successful foreign practices, our country is still lagging behind in the role. The aim of the article is the formation on the events that occurred in the country over…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Deception, Cheating
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Tsegay, Samson Maekele – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Thorough the framework of theories analyzing globalization and education, this paper focuses on the intersection among globalization, the environment and education. This paper critically analyzes how globalization could affect environmental devastation, and explore the role of pedagogies that could foster planetary citizenship by exposing…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Environmental Education, Neoliberalism, Economic Factors
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Sheregi, Franz Edmundovich; Aref'ev, Alexander Leonardovich – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Over the past three decades, Russia has undergone profound socio-economic reforms, often initiated not by the population itself, but by the authorities. However, it is the population, its mass consciousness that has become the main object of deep transformations, expressed not only in a change of lifestyle, but also in the value orientations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns, Social Status, Cultural Differences
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Weinberger, Yehudith; Dreyfus, Amos – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
One of the most important goals of discussing controversial issues in the classroom is to educate students to possess an inclination towards reason, open mindedness and fairness. However, research tends to show that teachers are not adequately trained to lead fruitful discussions about controversial issues and do not possess the necessary skills…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Environmental Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, College Students
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Dogru, Mustafa – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2008
Helping students to improve their problems solving skills is the primary target of science teacher trainees. In modern science, for training the students, methods should be used for improving their thinking skills, making connections with events and concepts and scientific operations skills rather than information and definition giving. One of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Social Problems, Schools of Education