Informing, teaching or propagandising? Combining Environmental and Science Studies for undergraduates

Johnston, S.F. (2002) Informing, teaching or propagandising? Combining Environmental and Science Studies for undergraduates. PRS-LTSN Journal, 1(2), pp. 130-140.

Abstract

This article discusses recent experiences in the integrated teaching of Environmental Studies and Science Studies in a generalist curriculum at a new university campus in Scotland. At the University of Glasgow Crichton Campus over the past three years, a new mixed curriculum has been developed to combine coherently Environmental and Science Studies, perhaps the first such curriculum in the UK and equally uncommon in America. The Crichton curricum is intentionally multi-disciplinary, drawing closely on the nineteenth-century Scottish model successful exported to America. This generalist approach, emphasising broad philosophical principles, informs the courses and their inter-relationships.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Environmental Studies; Science Studies; pedagogy; curriculum; interdisciplinary studies; multi-disciplinarity
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Johnston, Professor Sean
• Authors: Johnston, S.F.
• Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social & Environmental Sustainability
• Journal Name: PRS-LTSN Journal
• Publisher: University of Leeds
• ISSN: 1741-4164
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2002 Leeds University
• First Published: First published in PRS-LTSN Journal 1(2):130-140
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the publisher