Investigating Pedagogical Strategies to Strengthen One Health Education for Addressing Climate Change and Other Complex Challenges
Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Due to the depth and breadth of its impact on animal, human, and environmental health, there is an urgent need to address the wicked challenge of climate change. One Health offers a promising approach that integrates transdisciplinarity and systems thinking to better understand and tackle complex challenges such as climate change. The objectives of this thesis were to 1) identify and describe the pedagogical approaches that used trandisciplinarity to address complex issues across different disciplines, and 2) describe students’ experiences with various teaching practices used to facilitate the development of One Health core competencies. The objectives were achieved by conducting a scoping review and running focus groups with students, respectively. This research displayed overwhelming support for the use of active teaching and learning strategies to address complex problems and foster development of One Health core competencies. Specifically, the most common active pedagogical strategies documented by the scoping review and focus group participants included case-based, collaborative, and experiential learning.
Author: Gandhi, Radhika K.
Institution: University of Guelph
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212334753