TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections upon teaching complex topics: water, climate justice and health
AU - Meldrum, Anita
AU - Roome, Karen
N1 - Acceptance in SAN
Author provided VoR - uploaded as journal is OA. See screenshot attached for CC-BY licence info; this isn't on the VoR. ET 2/12/19
Pub date is Sept 2019 - used last date in month. ET
PY - 2019/9/30
Y1 - 2019/9/30
N2 - At a time when access to safe, potable water has become officially a human right, the authors have developed and taught a water, justice and health module as part of a new MSc Climate Justice programme. The programme has both UK and international students from wide ranging backgrounds including engineering, environmental management, geography, social science, public health and community development. This means that each student brings different experiential filters to the topic and different expectations about the relevance of the topic to themselves and their future careers, to their own cultures and to the world in general.Teaching and assessment methods, modes of delivery, expectations and outcomes for both staff and students are explored here and the question is raised as to whether a topic that is so complex, but which generated great interest for the students, was delivered effectively and what lessons could be learned from it.
AB - At a time when access to safe, potable water has become officially a human right, the authors have developed and taught a water, justice and health module as part of a new MSc Climate Justice programme. The programme has both UK and international students from wide ranging backgrounds including engineering, environmental management, geography, social science, public health and community development. This means that each student brings different experiential filters to the topic and different expectations about the relevance of the topic to themselves and their future careers, to their own cultures and to the world in general.Teaching and assessment methods, modes of delivery, expectations and outcomes for both staff and students are explored here and the question is raised as to whether a topic that is so complex, but which generated great interest for the students, was delivered effectively and what lessons could be learned from it.
KW - climate justice
KW - ethics
KW - water management
KW - public health
KW - environmental protection
KW - teaching with complexity
M3 - Article
SN - 2415-1246
VL - 6
JO - International Journal of Education and Social Science
JF - International Journal of Education and Social Science
IS - 7
ER -