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Sustainability Education as a Pathway to Minority Participation in STEM

Authors :
Xu, Cassie
Smerdon, Jason E.
DeFries, Ruth
Unwin-Kuruneri, Natalie
Source :
New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Spr 2020 (161):139-154.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Sustainability education offers higher education institutions opportunities to broaden the participation of groups traditionally underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This chapter focuses on an exploratory case study that looks at how sustainability education can be used as a tool to increase student engagement and participation in STEM at the undergraduate level and why it should be considered as an important tool for addressing diversity challenges.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0271-0633
Issue :
161
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
New Directions for Teaching and Learning
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1248420
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20378