Earth Systems Science as Civic Participation: An approach to Youth Action Research for Social Change
Date of Award
Spring 2016
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Educational Studies Department, Environmental Studies Program
First Advisor
Joseph Derrick Nelson
Second Advisor
Peter J. Collings
Abstract
Just as environmental justice challenges dominant notions of "environment" that cannot account for connections between social and natural processes, earth systems science pursues connections between science and society, challenging a dominant discourse which asserts that both can be fully understood without the other. Grounding "environment" and "science" as socially situated concepts helps to foreground, in turn, the ways that race structures exposure to risk and the exercise of citizenship both nationally and globally. My thesis draws on these discourses while focusing on youth as citizens and civic participation through the creation of an elementary school science curriculum.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Ciara , '16, "Earth Systems Science as Civic Participation: An approach to Youth Action Research for Social Change" (2016). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 405.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/405