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Environmental Education: Generating Knowledge, Action & Sustaining Hope
Teddie Phillipson-Mower
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 78 No. 4, April 2016; (p. 275) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.275
Teddie Phillipson-Mower
Sustainability Representative, NABT Associate Director, IU College Office of Science Outreach Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN 47208 trphilli@indiana.edu
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As life science educators, we are often the messengers of information that challenges even the most hopeful of students. Fragmentation of habitat, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, mass species extinction, toxins in water and air, ocean acidification, deforestation, and climate change are important but troubling science issues. In our efforts to create understanding among learners, we may unwittingly create a dismal scenario of the future – and, with it, the apathy, despair, and hopelessness that may lead to inaction if students come to believe that nothing can be done.

How can we encourage students and members of the general public to understand and potentially take action that might address pressing environmental problems? And how can we inspire students to be hopeful in the process?

According to psychologist C. R. Snyder, hope is the process that requires individuals to know what they want (goals), figure out how to get there (pathways), and be motivated enough to begin and continue the journey. Those with …

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Environmental Education: Generating Knowledge, Action & Sustaining Hope
Teddie Phillipson-Mower
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 78 No. 4, April 2016; (p. 275) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.275
Teddie Phillipson-Mower
Sustainability Representative, NABT Associate Director, IU College Office of Science Outreach Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN 47208 trphilli@indiana.edu
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Teddie Phillipson-Mower
The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 78 No. 4, April 2016; (p. 275) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.4.275
Teddie Phillipson-Mower
Sustainability Representative, NABT Associate Director, IU College Office of Science Outreach Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN 47208 trphilli@indiana.edu
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