Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems

Bridie McGreavy; Caroline Gottschalk Druschke; Leah Sprain; Jessica L. Thompson; Laura A. Lindenfeld

doi:10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181018

Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems

Bridie McGreavy
, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
, Leah Sprain
, Jessica L. Thompson
, Laura A. Lindenfeld

Journalism Program

University of Maine
University of Rhode Island
University of Colorado Boulder
Northern Michigan University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-274
Number of pages	14
Journal	Applied Environmental Education and Communication
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2016.1181018
State	Published - Jul 2 2016

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