An Investigation of Student Engagement in a Global Warming Debate

Schweizer, Diane M., Kelly, Gregory J., Journal of Geoscience Education

ABSTRACT

This study investigates how using debate as a pedagogical tool for addressing earth system science concepts can promote active student learning, present a realistic and dynamic view of science, and provide a mechanism for integrating the scientific, political and social dimensions of global environmental change. Using global warming as an example of earth system science, we consider how participation in debate provides an avenue for engaging students in science. Our investigation draws from studies of school science focusing on the use of argument as a pedagogical tool and examines how students make use of observationally-based climatic data sets when debating the cause …

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information: Article title: An Investigation of Student Engagement in a Global Warming Debate. Contributors: Schweizer, Diane M. - Author, Kelly, Gregory J. - Author. Journal title: Journal of Geoscience Education. Volume: 53. Issue: 1 Publication date: January 2005. Page number: 75+. © National Association of Geoscience Teachers Jan 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.