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Approaching Civic Responsibility Using Guided Controversies about Environmental Issues
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Dresner, Marion; Blatner, Jen Seamans – College Teaching, 2006
We implemented a series of three guided controversies to provide experience in environmental problem solving to students in a science course designed for nonmajors. Students wrote essays in response to their experiences in each controversy; we analyzed these essays for five problem-solving criteria. A questionnaire administered at the end of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Social Responsibility, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Environmental Education