Mediterranean Models for Integrating Environmental Education and Earth Sciences Through Earth Systems Education
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Practitioners of modern environmental education frequently find \nthemselves collaborating with those who are engaged in integrating the science \ndisciplines in search of answers to natural hazard prediction/protection, \nunderstanding the deep sea and space, and especially confronting pressing \nenvironmental concerns with a basis in Earth sciences. Indeed, it is a lack of \nunderstanding of Earth systems processes and feedback mechanisms that has \nresulted in humans initiating or exacerbating environmental problems for \ncenturies. In this paper the authors provide a perspective on the established fields \nof environmental education and Earth science, and propose a practical \ncombination that is of larger global import as well as more personal relevance \nthan either of the originals: Earth systems Education. The role of the Earth \nsystems education model in integrating the science curriculum is discussed with \nregional examples from Israel and Cyprus.
Source: OAR@UM (University of Malta)
Authors: Nir Orion, Rosanne W. Fortner
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2099533548