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“Promote awareness, discovery and conservation of our diverse natural world.”
In an era where information is readily available and change is rapid, the status quo is inadequate. At Environmental Studies, we recognize the challenge of improving education and discovery-based science together. Our approach is experimental and dynamic, always striving for improvement measured through assessment. Teachers, professors, scientists, community leaders, national experts, parents and citizens are invited to take on these challenges with us. This promotes exciting opportunities where science education becomes meaningful, and inquiry becomes a way of life. Research at Environmental Studies is closely linked to our education initiatives, and together they promote conservation. Inquiry and curiosity promote the capacity to recognize the value of the natural world, the way it works, and its delicate balance. We should all take the time to develop these values, making serious inquiry into the complexities of the natural world, promoting the welfare of our own lives and for future generations. We invite you to be part of our mission, to participate and enjoy the rewards of this important endeavor.
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We face a significant challenge to re-connect our children, and ultimately our humanity with the natural world. Today, science education has diminished to the point where few students have the opportunity to develop curiosity through experience and awareness of their surroundings. The “I hate biology” syndrome I witness in the University rarely has anything to do with biology, rather it has to do with what students describe as structured, restricted drudges through Latin nomenclature and ‘fill in the blank’ that burdens with memorization without context. Never are complaints based on too much curiosity or discovery. Like the National Academies of Science, we recognize the value in inquiry-based education and are working to promote it to improve education.