Winter eeCourse - Managing Controversy: Strategies for Teaching Environmental Issues and Topics

January 21 – March 18, 2025

This course is designed to actively involve educators in understanding and building skills in how to investigate and evaluate environmental issues and topics with their learners. The course models a variety of effective strategies educators can use to assist learners in exploring and seeking responsible courses of action toward the resolution of environmental issues. Participants will explore how to effectively teach about environmental issues and topics, and will start to develop their own classroom and/or program plans and outlines about teaching environmental issues and/or topics – with an emphasis on local issues. This course should take approximately 10-12 hours to complete.

PREREQUISITES: 

• Experience working in formal or nonformal education is not required but highly encouraged.

REQUIRED MATERIALS: 

• Access to reliable internet and a desktop computer or laptop.

GRADING:

• Assignments must be completed with a score of 2 as indicated on the scoring guide provided.
• To receive a certificate of completion for 10 hours of work, you must complete all assignments and receive the scores as indicated above.

IMPORTANT DATES:
This course runs for 8 weeks, from January 21 – March 18, 2025.

Three scheduled Zoom meetings are an essential part of this course. These times could be adjusted by 30 minutes earlier.
Tuesday, January 21, 7:30 – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, February 18, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, March 11, 7:30 – 8:30 pm

If you are interested in the course, but have a conflict with the Zoom dates, contact Sophia Stephenson at director@arkansasee.org.

COST:

AEEA members: $65
Nonmembers: $100

REGISTER HERE