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Lamb, William – Journal of Environmental Education, 1975
The use of science fiction in the classroom to clarify environmental or ecological values is discussed in this article. Science fiction was chosen due to its universal appeal and application. Students read and analyzed a story and were then required to take a position and to defend it. (MA)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Ecology, Environmental Education, Futures (of Society)

McNurlin, Kathleen Woitel – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
Continues an article that began in the summer 1995 "Interdisciplinary Humanities." Examines ethical concerns about nuclear power, societal control, and prejudice articulated in science fiction literature. Authors studied include Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Damon Knight. The earlier article covered literature concerned with ecology…
Descriptors: Bias, Ecology, Ethics, Higher Education