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Your Story is Your Strength: Developing an Ethic of Care Through Transformative Learning
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-05)
The purpose of this study was to explore how transformative-learning theory supported the development of an ethics of care among seven students participating in a women’s leadership development program and how their learning ...
Backcasting: Visioning Our Way to a Sustainable Future
(5th All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference, Department of General, Developmental, and Practical Psychology, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2020-04-27)
This paper presents an example of the process called backcasting, a means for stakeholders to envision the future and work backwards to determine the steps needed to reach it. The author conducted this game in Spring 2020 ...
Protecting America’s Environment: Priorities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Water and Toxins
(Poltava Oil and Gas College of National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic", 2020-03-24)
In the mid-1900s, the environment in the United States was polluted and unhealthy for humans and other species. By the 1970s, it was clear that environmental laws and regulations were necessary to protect the public and ...
Learning about the Environment through Art
(Art Congress, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2020-04)
Art is an invaluable means of expression and can also be a learning tool. This presentation introduces art as a way to include all learning styles, bring art into classrooms that may have experienced reduced art funding, ...
Beyond Access: Technology, Blindness, & Self-Determination
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-03-30)
This mixed-methods study sought to examine the user experience of technology related to self-determination from the perspective of persons who are blind. Connections between assistive technology and Deci and Ryan’s (2017) ...
A Data-Driven Triple-Bottom-Line Sustainable Balanced-Reporting Framework for Small Municipalities
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-12)
This study focused on cities in the United States with a population maximum of 75,000. The first phase consisted of a qualitative study of current reporting frameworks to identify the current landscape of sustainability ...
Sustainability Literacy Competencies in Coursework for Preservice Teacher Preparation
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-08)
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of four categories of sustainability literacy competencies; sustainability knowledge; systems thinking; social justice; and futures thinking, throughout coursework ...
Natural Capital’s Role in Sustainable Development
(Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer Nature., 2020)
Ojibwe culture & knowledge of climate change in fourth-grade curricula in Wisconsin public elementary schools
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-08)
The first purpose of this study was to provide recommendations for educators to update their
fourth-grade social-studies and science curricula by including more accurate and thorough
representation of Ojibwe knowledge ...
Regenerative Selves: Yoga as a Pedagogy for Cultivating Relationality
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-04-16)
This study explored whether and in what ways Yoga could cultivate relationality among practitioners and enable them to live sustainably and regeneratively through creating regenerative selves. It examined whether and how ...