Creating Students Who Are Sustainably-Minded Change Agents Through Active Learning

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Thought Provoking

KSU CHSS

10 episodes

4 days ago

From the link between Disney princesses and eating disorders to the evolution of southern hip hop, we’ll put your brain cells to work as each month the host of Thought Provoking, Shelly Kiser, takes an in-depth look at innovative research that makes you say hmm…. The Thought-Provoking Podcast features research from the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.

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Creating Students Who Are Sustainably-Minded Change Agents Through Active Learning

Thought Provoking

37 minutes 54 seconds

5 years ago

Creating Students Who Are Sustainably-Minded Change Agents Through Active Learning

Is it possible to educate students to think about and act on sustainability issues? Find out in this month’s episode as we talk with Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Ph.D., professor of geography; Jason Rhodes, Ph.D., Lecturer of Geography; and Britt Pickering, Director of the OwlSwap Sustainability Initiative, about how using active learning can transform education and create students who are change agents. Also, learn how a Geography of Clothing class and active learning led to OwlSwap, one of the largest and most visible sustainability programs on campus. Visit the OwlSwap website and see the research students conducted on the production of clothing in partnership with a university in Bangladesh.