ENV221H1 Final: ENV221 - all Study guide
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!multidisciplinary : no cooperation !disciplinary : specialization in isolation !pluridisciplinary: cooperation without coordination. !interdisciplinary : coordination by a higher level of concept !transdisciplinary: multi- level coordination of entire education/ innovation system. For mastery of several disciplines but aims to open all disciplines to that which they share and to that which lies beyond them. No single culture is privileged over any other culture. Rigor, opening and tolerance are the fundamental characteristics of the transdisciplinary approaches. 3 major env issues: climate change and energy use 2. Anthropocene : denotating to the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the donating in uence on climate and the environment. Climate stability is in jeopardy, resilience/productivity of natural systems, beauty, and biological diversity. Education isn"t suf cient to improve earth"s condition because it emphasizes theories instead of values, concepts rather than humans, answers and questions.
