Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems
Abstract
Pedagogy informed by environmental communication can enhance collaboration within and outside the classroom. Through our collaborative, sustainability-focused work within the United States and internationally, we identified core capacities that prepare people to work together to form inclusive organizations and identify and respond to pressing socioecological problems. We describe six activities we have used in adult learner classrooms, on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research teams, and with organizational, governmental, and business partners to improve collaborations for sustainability-related problem solving. We conclude with a reflection on opportunities for situated assessment practices.
Publication Date
6-7-2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal Title
Applied Environmental Education & Communication
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Bridie McGreavy, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Leah Sprain, Jessica L. Thompson & Laura A. Lindenfeld (2016) Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems, Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15:3, 261-274, DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181018