Session Type: Symposium
Program Session: 693 | Submission: 12566 | Sponsor(s): (TLC)
Session Format: In-person Only: Seattle
Scheduled: Sunday, Aug 7 2022 9:30AM - 10:15AM PT (UTC-7) at Seattle Convention Center in Room 618
 
Fusing of the Minds: A Novel Approach to Developing Transdisciplinary Sustainability Curriculum
A Novel Approach to Transdisciplinary Curriculum
Teaching

Presenter: Christine Hegarty Mooney, Northern Illinois U.
Presenter: David Szymanski, Bentley U.
Presenter: Rachel Elaine Wilson, -
Presenter: Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts, U. of San Francisco
Wicked problems exist in a world of interconnected natural and human systems, including commerce, the driver of economies. Issues of sustainability, from the management of fisheries (Jentoft and Chuenpagdee, 2009) to the “super wicked” problem of global climate change (Levin et al., 2012), are especially wicked because they involve the three domains of “people, planet, and profit.” Meeting sustainable development goals for a growing global population, in the face of energy, water, and mineral resource challenges, all situated within the super-wicked problem of climate change and steeped in earth system science and economics, requires reshaping the way we educate the next generation of decision-makers. In this session, we provide an overview of a novel approach to transdisciplinary sustainability curriculum. The session includes an overview of the approach, an experiential workshop engaging participants in the process of module design, and an access to two fully developed curriculum modules. At the end of the session, participants will be able to apply the framework for designing both common and course specific modules to develop a transdisciplinary sustainability curriculum at their own institutions.
  
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