37 min

Creating Students Who Are Sustainably-Minded Change Agents Through Active Learning Thought Provoking

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Is it possible to educate students to think about and act on sustainability issues? Find out in this month’s episode as we talk with Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Ph.D., professor of geography; Jason Rhodes, Ph.D., Lecturer of Geography; and Britt Pickering, Director of the OwlSwap Sustainability Initiative, about how using active learning can transform education and create students who are change agents. Also, learn how a Geography of Clothing class and active learning led to OwlSwap, one of the largest and most visible sustainability programs on campus. Visit the OwlSwap website and see the research students conducted on the production of clothing in partnership with a university in Bangladesh.

Is it possible to educate students to think about and act on sustainability issues? Find out in this month’s episode as we talk with Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Ph.D., professor of geography; Jason Rhodes, Ph.D., Lecturer of Geography; and Britt Pickering, Director of the OwlSwap Sustainability Initiative, about how using active learning can transform education and create students who are change agents. Also, learn how a Geography of Clothing class and active learning led to OwlSwap, one of the largest and most visible sustainability programs on campus. Visit the OwlSwap website and see the research students conducted on the production of clothing in partnership with a university in Bangladesh.

37 min

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