Abstract

There are a number of new issues that science educators have been grappling with over the past few years. Three of these issues are the introduction and increased use of educational technology in the classroom, the teaching of science in an integrated format, and the use of problem-based learning (Ramsey, 1997). To address these issues we have designed a course for non-science majors that is based on the very real problem of global warming, an issue of relevance to the students. To understand the various scientific issues involved in the global warming phenomenon necessitates a basic understanding of physics, chemistry, geoscience and biology, thus requiring an integrated approach to the sciences.

Citation

Pushnik, J., Miller, R. & Bell, J. (1999). Global Warming: A Problem-Based Approach to Teaching Science. In B. Collis & R. Oliver (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 1999--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1432-1433). Seattle, WA USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/6943/.

© 1999 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• chemistry
• Educational Technology
• Integration
• sciences