The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)
The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)

Author: Charles Saylan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-05-25

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0520265386

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“The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope

Pandemic, Lockdown, and Digital Transformation
Pandemic, Lockdown, and Digital Transformation

Author: Saqib Saeed

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 3030862747

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This edited volume discusses digital transformation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread lockdown policies that followed, digital technologies were touted as an effective means towards ensuring continuity and minimal interruption of day-to-day operations for businesses and other institutions. Digital transformation, however, is an inherently complex process and the pressure of short adoption times may further increase complexities for organizations looking to foster digital technologies. This volume comprises original research contributions on theoretical foundations and empirical studies of digital transformations in the pandemic era. Written by academics and practitioners from diverse disciplines and industries, the chapters cover topics such as psychological and technical implications of pandemic situations, the economic, organizational, social, and legal implications of digital adoption, and case studies for digital transformation in different industries. This book will be useful for academics, technology professionals, business policy makers, NGO managers, and governments looking to optimize their digital transformation processes to better prepare their organizations in the presence of pandemic situations.

Post-Pandemic Pedagogy
Post-Pandemic Pedagogy

Author: Joseph M. Valenzano, III

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781793652232

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Post-Pandemic Pedagogy: A Paradigm Shift discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic radically altered teaching and learning for faculty and students alike. The increased prevalence of video-conferencing software for conducting classes fundamentally changed the way in which we teach and seemingly upended many best practices for good pedagogy in the college classroom. Whether it was the reflection over surveillance software, or the increased mental health demands of the pandemic on teachers and students, or the completely reshaped ways in which classes and co-curricular experiences were delivered, the pandemic year represented an opportunity for one of the largest shifts in our understanding of good pedagogy unlike any experienced in the modern era. This edited collection explores what we thought we knew about a variety of teaching ideas, how the pandemic changed our approach to them, and proposes ways in which some of the adjustments made to accommodate the pandemic will remain for years to come. Scholars of communication, pedagogy, and education will find this book particularly interesting.

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education

Author: Roberts, Tim S.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2004-09-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 159140410X

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This book addresses computer-supported collaborative learning (also known as CSCL) particularly within a tertiary education environment. It includes articles on theory and practice in this area including topics such as: how can groups with shared goals work collaboratively using the new technologies? What problems can be expected, and what are the benefits? In what ways does online group work differ from face-to-face group work? And what implications are there for both educators and students seeking to work in this area?

Teaching Naked
Teaching Naked

Author: José Antonio Bowen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-07-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1118238087

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You've heard about "flipping your classroom"—now find out how to do it! Introducing a new way to think about higher education, learning, and technology that prioritizes the benefits of the human dimension. José Bowen recognizes that technology is profoundly changing education and that if students are going to continue to pay enormous sums for campus classes, colleges will need to provide more than what can be found online and maximize "naked" face-to-face contact with faculty. Here, he illustrates how technology is most powerfully used outside the classroom, and, when used effectively, how it can ensure that students arrive to class more prepared for meaningful interaction with faculty. Bowen offers practical advice for faculty and administrators on how to engage students with new technology while restructuring classes into more active learning environments.

Learning to Write
Learning to Write

Author: Gunther Kress

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1134908288

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First published in 1982, this influential and classic text poses two questions: what is it that a child learns when he or she learns to write? What can we learn about children, society and ourselves, by looking at this process? The book is based on a close analysis of a series of written texts by primary school children and is written for student teachers with little or no knowledge of linguistics. In this new edition, Gunther Kress has made extensive revisions in the light of recent developments in linguistics and in education. The theoretical focus is now a social semiotic one, which allows a fundamental rethinking of issues such as 'preliteracy' and broad social and cultural questions around the making of texts.

National cyber security : framework manual
National cyber security : framework manual

Author: Alexander Klimburg

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9789949921133

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"What, exactly, is 'National Cyber Security'? The rise of cyberspace as a field of human endeavour is probably nothing less than one of the most significant developments in world history. Cyberspace already directly impacts every facet of human existence including economic, social, cultural and political developments, and the rate of change is not likely to stop anytime soon. However, the socio-political answers to the questions posed by the rise of cyberspace often significantly lag behind the rate of technological change. One of the fields most challenged by this development is that of 'national security'. The National Cyber Security Framework Manual provides detailed background information and in-depth theoretical frameworks to help the reader understand the various facets of National Cyber Security, according to different levels of public policy formulation. The four levels of government--political, strategic, operational and tactical/technical--each have their own perspectives on National Cyber Security, and each is addressed in individual sections within the Manual. Additionally, the Manual gives examples of relevant institutions in National Cyber Security, from top-level policy coordination bodies down to cyber crisis management structures and similar institutions."--Page 4 of cover.

The Geography of Childhood
The Geography of Childhood

Author: Gary Paul Nabhan

Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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"In this unique collaboration, naturalists Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble investigate how children come to care deeply about the natural world. They ask searching questions about what may happen to children denied exposure to wild places - a reality for more children today than at any time in human history." "The authors remember pivotal events in their own childhood that led each to a life-long relationship with the land: Nabhan's wanderings in the wasteland of steel mills and power plants of Gary, Indiana, and in the Indiana Dunes; Trimble's travels in the West with a geologist father. They tell stories of children learning about wild places and creatures in settings ranging from cities and suburbs to isolated Nevada sheep ranches to Native American communities in the Southwest and Mexico." "The Geography of Childhood draws insights from fields as various as evolutionary biology, child psychology, education, and ethnography. The book urges adults to rethink our children's contact with nature. Small children have less need for large-scale wilderness than for a garden, gully, or field to create a crucial tie to the natural world. Nabhan suggests that traditional wilderness-oriented rites of passage may help cure the alienation of adolescence: "Those who as adolescents fail to pass through such rites remain in an arrested state of immaturity for the remainder of their lives." Trimble's fatherhood leads him to question how we grant different freedoms to girls and boys in their exploration of nature - and how this bias powerfully affects adult lives. Both authors return to their experiences with indigenous peoples to show how nature is taught and wilderness understood in cultures historically grounded outside of America's cities and suburbs." "The Geography of Childhood makes clear how human growth remains rooted, as it always has, both in childhood and in wild landscapes. It is an essential book for all parents and teachers who wonder what our children may miss if they never experience local wildlife or wild landscapes."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Taste of Transcendence: Sacred Scripture, Stories, & Teachings from the World's Religious Traditions
Taste of Transcendence: Sacred Scripture, Stories, & Teachings from the World's Religious Traditions

Author: Javy W. Galindo

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-05

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781734563108

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The Taste of Transcendence is the perfect introduction to mankind's collective spiritual wisdom. You will find carefully selected foundational songs, stories, and scripture to give you the world's greatest insights into the human condition, the nature of ultimate reality, and the path to the transcendent sacred. Readings from the world's most influential religious texts have been chosen to provide you with a taste of this transcendence. Included are excerpts from the following spiritual paths: Vedic Traditions Hinduism (Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita), Buddhism (Dhammapada, Jātaka Tales) Chinese Traditions Confucianism (Analects of Confucius), Taoism (Tao Te Ching) Abrahamic Traditions Judaism (Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Proverbs), Christianity (Four Canonical Gospels, Hebrews), Islam (Holy Qur'an, Rumi Poetry, Sufi Tales) Indigenous Traditions People of the Pacific (Australian Aborigines, Maori, Native Filipinos), People of the Americas (Lakota Oglala People, Cherokee People, Aztecs, and Eskimos) From the Introduction: The word "religion" is rooted in the Latin term that refers to things that bind. In many ways, what we often think of as being religious are those ...that we use to keep us together. They are things that bind us to one another and keep us from personally falling apart in the face of the inherent adversities of life....this is a book about religion in the most basic sense of the term. In this book are words that have been used to bind people together through their ability to express an experience of a transcendent life.

ISTE Standards for Educators
ISTE Standards for Educators

Author: Helen Crompton

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781564843951

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This guide is your go-to resource for understanding, preparing for and adopting the ISTE Standards for Educators. It provides a deeper look at the Educator Standards, advice on getting started with implementing the standards, and profiles and tips for adopting the standards by role. This booklet includes: the ISTE Standards for Educators with concept definitions and testimonials, analysis of how the Educator Standards connect to other standards and frameworks, reflective questions and tips for implementing specific competencies within the standards and profiles by job role identifying tips and approaches to adopting the standards.