Invent the Sustainable Future: Dreamers and Storytellers
| dc.contributor.author | Orth, Donald J. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-22T13:48:28Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-22T13:48:28Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-06-20T21:02:59Z | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Sometimes I feel like a dreamer in a world of dream killers; in this world a “half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease” has resulted in the “end of nature,” or so argues Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. These feelings and observations provide the contextual foundation for the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s Pathways to Success program I direct for the College’s first-year students. Taught for the first time during Fall 2011, the course within this program serves as a student’s introduction to the College, so we discuss the realities of the global human and environmental condition – poverty, ecosystem decline, population growth, economic disparity, and climate change. We also discuss the fact that we live in unprecedented times in the midst of a sustainability revolution. The realities are often depressing, whether you are 18 or even much older. How do I teach first-year students at a critical transformational period in their development without killing their dreams? My dream is to make a difference in the life of each first-year student by nurturing his/her dreams. I believe in the power of personal narrative to motivate and create a sense of belonging, and that belief is among the influences of my pedagogical approach with this course. What follows are the theoretical underpinnings and the practical strategies I use as I teach first-year students. | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted version | en |
| dc.format.extent | Pages 19-21 | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Orth, Donald [0000-0002-9236-0147] | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/110861 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Invent the Sustainable Future: Dreamers and Storytellers | en |
| dc.title.serial | Pedagogy in Practice | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| dc.type.other | Article | en |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2013-03-01 | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Fish and Wildlife Conservation | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/All T&R Faculty | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/CNRE T&R Faculty | en |
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