E. Barbara Klemm

Increasing Global Understanding Through Telecommunications

Telecommunications can provide opportunities for improving international understanding in the years to come, say these writ ers, who describe some creative applications of instructional technology in use by students in Hawaii.

Using the Internet in Earth Systems Courses

The Internet has become both a boon to teachers and parents and a source of serious concerns and problems. Both advantages and disadvantages are well known and publicized. However, those relating to teaching may not be, and the advantages in using the Internet for Global Science Literacy curricula especially need to be explored in some depth. In this chapter, we describe just a few of the uses of the Internet and suggest just a few of the problems. We believe that it is an essential learning environment for both teachers and students, especially for systems science based curricula. To aid in our discussion we have organized the uses according to the seven Earth Systems Education understandings (Figure 1, Chapter One).

Enabling Global Science Literacy for All

Commitment to the inclusion of learners with disabilities is a necessary, integral part of making Global Science Learning “for all.” However, to do so requires two changes: transforming our thinking about individuals with disabilities from focus on their disabilities to focus on their abilities and modifying learning environments so that they are inclusive, enabling, and accessible for all learners.