520 Food-Energy-Water-Nexus–Based Education: Promising Practices and New Directions for Geoscience Education and Education Research
Worldwide, there is growing interest in education using the Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus, which serves as a framework to describe and aid in addressing natural resource challenges in complex coupled human-natural systems. As this framework gains traction in informal, nonformal, K–12, and higher education spaces, geoscience educators are seeing the potential of the FEW-Nexus to prompt systems thinking and interdisciplinary problem-solving. In this short course, participants will deepen their ability to define FEW-Nexus–based education, identify affordances of and strategies for FEW-Nexus–based education in their own educational context, and address challenges with FEW-Nexus–based education. Throughout the session, geoscience education researchers will have the opportunity to ideate and share ways in which geoscience education research can generate new knowledge about FEW-Nexus–based teaching and learning. Facilitated by members of the National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education (NC-FEW; https://serc.carleton.edu/nc-few), we will leverage NC-FEW efforts to share existing educational programs and strategies. Through interactive and engaging activities and facilitated discussion with colleagues, participants will gain new insights into FEW-Nexus–based education to inform their own education or education research practice, with opportunities for continued engagement with NC-FEW beyond the workshop. Those who complete the course will receive two free GSA ebooks of their choice, a $20 value.
Saturday, 21 September 2024
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon G
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