Talessi Conference Abstracts

TALESSI CONFERENCE REPORT

The conference took place on 2 and 3 April 1998 at the University of Greenwich (Island site, Woolwich campus). The conference was attended by 40 people over the two days, including the Project Team. A conference pack was produced which included abstracts of the 14 papers presented.(See below)

The aims of the conference were:

to raise awareness of the project and the issues it seeks to address
to broaden and consolidate the participation of end-users in project activities
to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of good practice
to gain feedback on draft TLRs and proposed future activities.

The conference ran smoothly. An interesting and thought-provoking mix of papers was presented in the plenary and parallel sessions, including theoretical/abstract papers and case studies of good practice. Two papers were given by the project team (see below). Lively panel discussions formed an integral part of the conference, and informal feedback from delegates was very positive.

User's Comments on the Conference

Teaching and Learning at the Environment Science Society Interface

Conference paper abstracts

2-3 April 1998


	Speaker		Abstract

	Shirley Ali Khan,		Forum for the Future Sustainable Development Education

	John Foster,		Why Interdisciplinarity?
	Lancaster University		Why Interdisciplinarity?

	John Bradbeer,		Barriers to Interdisciplinarity: Disciplinary Discourses and Student Learning Styles
	Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth

	John Boardman,		Promoting Interdisciplinarity in an Msc course: the experience of the Msc in Environmental Change and Management, University of Oxford
	Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford

	Dr. Edmundo Carlos de Moraes,		Towards an Educational Strategy to Face the Environmental Challenge: the Construction of Integrated Knowledge, Relational Dimension and Integrative Modules
	Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 - Florianopolis, SC - Brazil

	Rob Boast, Louise Bonner, Derek Pratts,		Interdisciplinarity: Searching for the Holy Grail in Environmental Teaching at Staffordshire University
	Division of Geography, Staffordshire University

	Dr S. V. Moore,		NEWI, EMS and the Local Agenda 21 Action Plan
	North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI)		NEWI, EMS and the Local Agenda 21 Action Plan

	Chrissie Gibson,		Case Study: Organisations and the Environment within BSc (Hons) Environmental Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
	Course Leader BSc (Hons) Environmental Management

	Peter C. Jones, J. Quentin Merritt and Clare Palmer**		Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Higher Education: The Case for Epistemological and Values Awareness
	* School of Humanities, University of Greenwich ** Department of Philosophy, University of Western Australia

	Peter C. Jones and J. Quentin Merritt		The TALESSI Project: Promoting Interdisciplinarity, Critical Thinking and Values Awareness in Environmental Higher Education
	School of Humanities, University of Greenwich

	Ruby Hammer		Environmental Law

	Ian Drummond* I. Nixon and J. Wiltshire**		Making it happen: ensuring the effective implementation of new approaches to learning and teaching.
	University of Hull, *University of Newcastle

TALESSI CONFERENCE REPORT

Teaching and Learning at the Environment Science Society Interface

Conference paper abstracts

2-3 April 1998

Speaker

Abstract