Undergraduate Course: Science, Technology and the Environment; in and beyond the classroom (EDUA10131)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | When considering environment, learners are exposed, typically, to ideas such as saving energy through fuel expenditure, the contribution of greenhouse gases to the environment and ?carbon footprints?. Perhaps it is more crucial to our long term future, that emphasis be placed on sustainability in terms of a collective responsibility to care for, respect and honour nature and the indigenous communities, ecological and societal, sharing it. People have made hugely significant changes on their environment over an extremely short period of time in geological terms. It is important to understand this not only as a problem but to consider also how developing understandings in science and rapid technological advances feed from each other and can help us develop with confidence, possible solutions for the 21st century and beyond. A major part of this entails learning to respect conflicting interests and accept shared responsibilities. This course offers students opportunities to clarify their understandings of these interesting, complex and very important concepts and processes and to think about and design ways of helping children towards their own understandings. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Environmental Studies 1 (EDUA08003) AND
Environmental Studies 2 (EDUA08004)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be asked to pay entrance fee costs for informal education centres. In addition, students will be asked to contribute towards the residential field trip travel, accommodation and food. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
With reference to Science for Citizenship:
develop learning and teaching strategies that encourage pupil centred exploration, in and beyond the classroom, of suggested scientific and technological solutions to existing contemporary dilemmas;
explain global challenges from both ethical and scientific standpoints
demonstrate an understanding of the complexities of environmental interactions and interdependences from ego-centric, eco-centric and homo-centric perspectives;
With reference to Learning Beyond the Classroom
demonstrate awareness of the development of risk assessment issues involved in teaching science, technology and environment in schools and outdoors;
illustrate controversies surrounding land use and compare urban and rural environments as contexts for primary school education;
express understanding of the underpinning philosophy of learning outdoors and apply principles of experiential learning to teaching young people in outdoor (and indoor) contexts.
express informed arguments based on critical analyses of policy and theory related to learning outdoors as an integrated part of curriculum.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Please note this class is lecture, lab and outdoors. |
| Keywords | Science, Technology, Environment, Sustainability, Citizenship, Learning Outdoors. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Beames
Tel: (0131 6)51 6093
Email: simon.beames@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Elena Novo Cabana
Tel: (0131 6)51 6470
Email: elena.novocabana@ed.ac.uk |
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