Open AccessEnergy, environment, and policy choices: Summer institutes for science and social studies educators
Author(s) -
Edmund A. Marek,
John J. Chiodo,
Brian L. Gerber
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/484602
Subject(s) - curriculum , government (linguistics) , general partnership , energy (signal processing) , variety (cybernetics) , political science , environmental education , resource (disambiguation) , public policy , energy policy , science education , public relations , sociology , public administration , pedagogy , engineering , physics , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , renewable energy , computer science , law
The Center for Energy Education (CEE) is a partnership linking the University of Oklahoma, Close Up Foundation and Department of Energy. Based upon the theme of energy, environment and public policy, the CEE`s main purposes are to: (1) educate teachers on energy sources, environmental issues and decisionmaking choices regarding public policy; (2) develop interdisciplinary curricula that are interactive in nature (see attachments); (3) disseminate energy education curricula; (4) serve as a resource center for a wide variety of energy education materials; (5) provide a national support system for teachers in energy education; and (6) conduct research in energy education. The CEE conducted its first two-week experimentially-based program for educators during the summer of 1993. Beginning at the University of Oklahoma, 57 teachers from across the country examined concepts and issues related to energy and environment, and how the interdependence of energy and environment significantly influences daily life. During the second week of the institute, participants went to Washington, D.C. to examine the processes used by government officials to make critical decisions involving interrelationships among energy, environment and public policy. Similar institutes were conducted during the summers of 1994 and 1995 resulting in nearly 160 science and social studies educators who had participated in the CEE programs. Collectively the participants represented 36 states, the Pacific Territories, Puerto Rico, and Japan