Title: Integrating environmentally focused experiential learning into the curriculum: an interdisciplinary case study

Authors: Bridget Lyons, Marion Calabrese, Teresa Ralabate

Addresses: Sacred Heart University, USA. ' Sacred Heart University, USA. ' Life Systems, Inc. USA

Abstract: This paper details the use of a local environmental issue as a case study for an interdisciplinary project in an Economics and an English course. Students in The Economics of Social Issues and two sections of Honors Communications were given the option to undertake an analysis of the environmental, economic, social, and health impacts of the proposed expansion of the Seaview Avenue industrial corridor in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for a local community group and a regional economic development group. The project and the study|s results are described in detail. Finally, suggestions for utilising local environmental issues as opportunities for experiential learning in a number of disciplines are provided.

Keywords: environmental issues; experiential learning; USA; United States; curriculum; economics education; English education; social issues; interdisciplinary projects; local community groups; regional economic development; regional development; industrial corridors

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2001.053881

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2001 Vol.3 No.2, pp.38 - 43

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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