Environmental public health issues are general perceived by most Americans as abstract, because few people suffer the direct consequences of environmental degradation. To combat ambivalence over abstract topics, I have found it important to bring the discussion of these issues… Read More »
Author Archives: dmcgrath
How have your group dynamics been working?
As I mentioned in my first blog, I had to reshuffle the groups largely based upon a comment made by one very high achieving senior male student who half heartedly complained after the first SLD that he had been looking… Read More »
Blog Prompt #1: How are you setting up student groups in your IF class?
Organization of Student Led Discussions (SLDs)
I had 16 students in my Human Health and the Environment course, most of whom were either seniors or juniors and therefore exhibited greater confidence and comfort in an unstructured format.
These students were… Read More »
The IF Method in a science course
Human Health and the Environment is a course offered in the Biology Department for science credit that integrates concepts in ecology and public health through the study of environmental threats to human health. The course also explores connections among the… Read More »
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