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Moving forward: fostering the next generation of Earth stewards in the STEM disciplines
Author(s) -
Colón-Rivera Ricardo J,
Marshall Kellen,
Soto-Santiago Francisco J,
Ortiz-Torres Dorimar,
Flower Charles E
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
frontiers in ecology and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.918
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1540-9309
pISSN - 1540-9295
DOI - 10.1890/120307
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , relevance (law) , discipline , engineering ethics , earth system science , work (physics) , political science , environmental stewardship , sociology , public relations , environmental resource management , engineering , ecology , social science , biology , environmental science , politics , law , mechanical engineering
Graduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines struggle with developing research agendas that balance the overall goals of their work with questions of civic concern. The Earth Stewardship Initiative helps to resolve this disparity. Furthermore, connecting STEM research to civic concerns increases the relevance of research and facilitates the development of cross‐disciplinary approaches. We describe how STEM graduate students can incorporate Earth Stewardship into their research, identify opportunities for educational institutions to support such research, and discuss the potential benefits of, and barriers to, linking Earth Stewardship to graduate‐level studies.