Synthesis for the Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences: Integrating Systems Approaches and Service Learning

by: Gregory L. Simon, Bryan Shao-Chang Wee, Anne Chin, Amy Depierre Tindle, Dan Guth, and Hillary Mason

A tight coupling of systems theory and service learning provides learners with the knowledge and skills required to tackle contemporary social-environmental challenges. The tangible benefits of a systems theory–service learning curriculum occur in two principal learning areas: increased knowledge breadth and depth. The authors present the tangible benefits of this deepening and broadening process along three axes: appreciation, research methods, and communication.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 5/1/2013Stock # jcst13_042_05_42Volume 042Issue 05

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