This course uses 'climate fiction' to teach about the perils

Storytelling can be an effective way to impart lessons in science. imagedepotpro/E+ Collection/Getty Images Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Climate Change Literature” What prompted the idea for the course? After reading many fiction books that featured themes of climate change, I felt compelled to create a course that would allow students to do the same. The idea was to have students learn a

Related Keywords

United States , Hollywood , California , American , Craig Santos Perez , Nickole Brown , Jess Walter , Matthew Olzmann , Debraj Rosenthal , Paolo Bacigalupi , Kim Stanley Robinson , Barbara Kingsolver , Olivia Clare , Ross Gay , John Carroll University , Uncommon Courses , Tommy Orange , Dante Di Stefano , Craig Santos , Through Paolo Bacigalupi , Tamarisk Hunter , John Carroll , Climate Change , Fiction Books , Short Fiction , Climate Science , Biology Course , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , Students ,