Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Higher Education: The Case for Epistemological and Values Awareness.

Jones, Peter C.; Merritt, J. Quentin; Palmer, Clare

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ERIC Number: EJ633693

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Higher Education: The Case for Epistemological and Values Awareness.

Jones, Peter C.; Merritt, J. Quentin; Palmer, Clare

Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v23 n3 p349-57 Nov 1999

Argues that awareness of epistemological and value-related questions is a prerequisite for critical thinking and interdisciplinarity in environmental higher education. Offers general discussions of epistemology and value awareness. Seeks to justify advocacy of both in environmental higher education. (CMK)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Environmental Education, Epistemology, Geography, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Persuasive Discourse, Social Studies, Undergraduate Study, Value Judgment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Written for the Journal of Geography in Higher Education Symposium: The TALESSI Project.