EiJ Global Record: Calhoun County, Texas, USA
This is a case study collection focused on Calhoun County, Texas, including material about different petrochemical plants, environmental activism, and visions for reviving the fishing community.
Living Data Research Group: Health Biosensing in Everyday Life
The Living Data Research Group is composed of several researchers at Lancaster University (UK) who are involved in such fields as who work a
Data Studies Program - UC Davis
The Data Studies Program at UC Davis' Institute for Social Sciences was launched with the help of Joe Dumit.
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)
EDGI brings together intellectuals and organizations to monitor, analyze, and engage with US environmental policy and science research infrastructure.
What expertise, capacities, and skills do you bring to the EcoGovLab?
wypark89Annotation of
I am a (science) education researcher and look at most things in the world through the lens of education. On disaster (or anything else), the questions I ask are - e.g., why should we teach about it? What should we teach about it, and how? How can we support teachers to teach about disasters in their classrooms? My training in educational research has equipped me with the theories, tools and methods that can be utilised to approach these questions. I am hoping that these knowledge, experiences and skills can cross-fertilise with EcoGovLab's expertise in anthropology, SPS and environmental governance.
Fresno CEC Purpose & Mission
wypark89Our Purpose
One of our greatest responsibilities is to prepare the next generation to meet the challenges they will face in the 21st Century, with a deep commitment to the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. We have a unique opportunity for a community dialogue about the civic values, knowledge, and skills that K-12 students should learn and practice in our public school system. We will create strong community support for our schools to provide effective civic education for students to be successful in college, career and citizenship.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Civic Education Center is to restore civility in America by creating opportunities for youth to learn and practice civic values and democratic skills.
Fresno CEC Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers
wypark89In response to
Goals
- Teach the vision of the Founders and the triumphs and tragedies of our history.
- Teach civil dialogue on controversial issues and democratic deliberation.
- Integrate science, technology, literature, media, arts and math with civic projects.
- To promote teacher understanding of connections with the State Seal of Civic Engagement, Social Emotional Learning, and Ethnic Studies.
Authored by Kim Fortun and Scott Frickel, this blog post argues that a disaster STS would be analytically productive and concludes by offering several frameworks for future research.