Overcoming Hopelessness in the Classroom: A Policy-Entrepreneur Approach to Teaching American Environmental Politics in the Age of Climate Crisis

Autor/in	Pathak, Swapna
Titel	Overcoming Hopelessness in the Classroom: A Policy-Entrepreneur Approach to Teaching American Environmental Politics in the Age of Climate Crisis
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 17 (2021), S.32-39 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2021.1920418
Schlagwörter	Political Science; Teaching Methods; Entrepreneurship; Anxiety; Futures (of Society); Public Policy; Environment; Student Attitudes; Emotional Disturbances; Biodiversity; Personal Autonomy; Undergraduate Students; Policy Formation; Climate; Psychological Patterns; Models; Course Descriptions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unternehmungsgeist; Angst; Future; Society; Zukunft; Öffentliche Ordnung; Umwelt; Schülerverhalten; Gefühlsstörung; Biodiversität; Individuelle Autonomie; Politische Betätigung; Klima; Analogiemodell; Kursstrukturplan
Abstract	The rollback of several environmental policies in the US at the federal level over the last couple of years often evokes a heavy sense of cynicism in our students toward environmental politics and has exacerbated their anxiety for the future of our planet. In this article, I argue that it is important to acknowledge our students' emotional distress toward complex environmental issues like climate change or biodiversity loss and suggest a policy-entrepreneurial approach to teaching environmental politics and policy that aims to offer students greater agency over the political system that has shown to inspire optimism and action. This approach involves moving beyond critical analyses of environmental policies and guiding undergraduates through systemic studies of the larger policy-making process to find possible leverage points to influence environmental politics. This potentially allows students to view policies in a continuum that can be actively shaped and channels their negative emotions on the failure of addressing environmental problems toward constructive hope and positive environmental behavior. (As Provided).
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