ED11F:
Climate Literacy in Multidisciplinary Higher Education I


Session ID#: 8799

Session Description:
Climate change is everyone’s business. Today’s college students in every field of study will spend their careers understanding and solving tomorrow’s climate problems. Academics from different disciplines learn from one another as we share perspectives, challenges, and opportunities that emerge as we reach out to teach about climate change across undergraduate campuses. This multi- and cross-disciplinary style of teaching fosters community-building and working collaboratively to understand the issues and develop innovative ways to comprehend, adapt to, and mitigate the various consequences of climate change. We invite faculty to share their experiences with and resources for teaching climate literacy.
Primary Convener:  A Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Conveners:  James A Brey, American Meteorological Society, Education Program, Washington, DC, United States and SueEllen Campbell, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Chairs:  SueEllen Campbell, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and A Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  A Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Climate Change (Invited) (63413)
Richard C J Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Disturbing Information and Denial in the Classroom and Beyond: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life (Invited) (79465)
Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
A Climate Change Minor that gets Physics Students talking to Philosophy Students (61072)
Steven W Running, University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), Missoula, MT, United States, Nicky Phear, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States and NTSG
Teaching a Relational Approach to Climate Change: Working with People and Conflict (84232)
Faith Kearns, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Downscaling Climate Science to the Classroom: Diverse Opportunities for Teaching Climate Science in Diverse Ways to Diverse Undergraduate Populations (70665)
Richard Marshall Jones, University of Hawaii - West Oahu, Kaploei, HI, United States, Thomas E Gill, University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences / Environmental Science and Engineering Program, El Paso, TX, United States, David Quesada, St. Thomas University, chool of Science, Technology and Engineering Management, Miami Gardens, FL, United States and Brent C Hedquist, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Physics & Geosciences, Kingsville, TX, United States
Developing Climate Change Literacy With the Humanities: A Narrative Approach (59708)
Stephen Siperstein, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
Using Tree-Ring Data to Develop Critical Scientific and Mathematical Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Students (84026)
Nicole K Davi, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Environmental Science, Wayne, United States, Frank Wattenberg, West Point Military Academy, West Point, NY, United States, Patrick T Pringle, Centralia College, Centralia, WA, United States, Francesco Fiondella, Earth Institute, Palisades, NY, United States, Ida Greidanus, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, United States and Rose Oelkers, Colombia University, Palisades, United States
Exploring the Multifaceted Topic of Climate Change in Our Changing Climate and Living With Our Changing Climate (74135)
James A Brey1, Chad Kauffman2, Ira W. Geer3, Elizabeth W. Mills4, Kira A. Nugnes4 and Abigail E. Stimach5, (1)American Meteorological Society Washington DC, Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (2)American Meteorological Society Washington DC, Washington, United States, (3)American Meteorological Society (retired), Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (4)American Meteorological Society, Education Program, Washington, DC, United States, (5)AMS-Education Program, Washington, DC, United States

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