TITLE:
Teaching global climate change
AUTHORS:
Alan H. McGowan
KEYWORDS:
Climate Change; Environment; Education; Undergraduate; General Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.5 No.1A,
January
31,
2013
ABSTRACT: Although there is strong consensus among scientists that global climate change is real and dangerous, and there is increasing belief of this among the general public, there still remains a significant gap between scientific opinion and that of the public. The academic environmental community, therefore, has a clear opportunity and responsibility to teach the facts of global climate change, particularly to non-environmental majors, those people who are the voters of the future. The article presents several ideas along these lines, and calls for a revitalized effort to teach climate change to undergraduate students.