ESA21: Environmental Science Activities for the 21st Century

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ESA21 Environmental Science Activities for the
21st Century
Matthew Laposata Associate Professor of
Environmental Science Kennesaw State University
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Majors vs. Non-Majors Science
MAJORS
NON-MAJORS
Foundation for future courses
Likely last formal science education
Typically more engaged, motivated
Typically less engaged and motivated
Goals, objectives, approaches must differ
greatly
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CONTENT
SOCIETY
NON-MAJORS SCIENCE
Its all about connections
STUDENT
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Science Education for New Civic Engagements and
Responsibilities (SENCER)
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Design content around socially-relevant issues
that engage students and promote civic action
Voting
Political involvement
Lifestyle Changes
Environmental volunteering
Discussion of science issues
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NSF  0088723 and 0231171
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Over 50 activities created
Interdisciplinary team of developers
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Varying organizational approaches
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PDF format, length facilitate printing
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Activity sheets suitable for large classes
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Mirror engaging online materials for stability
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Enable regional analyses with online databases
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Heavy emphasis on lifestyle analysis and effects
of changes on personal impacts
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ESA21 Exercises (Traditional Exercises) 2001
STUDENT SURVEY (KSU)
SAstrongly agree Aagree Nneutral
Ddisagree SDstrongly disagree
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
Science, Society, and the Environment I, Fall 2005
Online SALG post-survey (end of semester)
After finishing this class, I am more likely to
All table values are percentages, rounded to the
nearest whole number (n 92-103)
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
Science, Society, and the Environment I, Fall 2005
Online SALG post-survey (end of semester)
After finishing this class, I am more likely to
All table values are percentages, rounded to the
nearest whole number (n 79)
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
Science, Society, and the Environment I, Fall 2005
Online SALG pre-survey (first week) and
post-survey (end of semester)
Presently, I am confident I can
Scale 1 Not at all confident to 5 Extremely
confident
Pre-survey vs. Post-survey by student
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
Science, Society, and the Environment I, Fall 2005
Online SALG pre-survey (first week) and
post-survey (end of semester)
Presently, I am interested in
Scale 1 Not at all interested to 5 Extremely
interested
Pre-survey vs. Post-survey by student
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ESA 21 URL
http//esa21.kennesaw.edu
PROJECT TEAM
Matthew Laposata Kennesaw State University John
Pratte Arkansas State University (formerly
KSU) Chris Fox Community College of Baltimore
County Kenneth Rhinehart University of Southern
Mississippi Mandy Heddle Bowling Green State
University