Making Sense of Climate Science Denial

Name: Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
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Author: University of Queensland

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Английский

14 h

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From www.edx.org

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Self-paced
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Fee-based Certificate

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Syllabus

WEEK 1: Understanding The Climate Controversy
During the first week of the course, we introduce the course content, interact with each other and complete an introductory survey. The week continues with an exploration of political consensus, the drivers and psychology of climate science denial and an overview of the controversy surrounding this topic.

WEEK 2: Global Warming Is Happening
In week two, we will look at the indicators of global warming and myths related to temperature and glaciers.

WEEK 3: We Are Causing Gobal Warming
Week three focuses on the ways in which humans cause climate change and the myths associated with the greenhouse effect and the rise in carbon dioxide.

WEEK 4: The Past Tells Us About The Future
This week looks at the history of climate change in order to model future climate change. We also address myths related to models.

WEEK 5: We Are Feeling The Impacts Of Climate Change
Week five covers climate feedbacks and the impacts of climate change on the environment, society and the weather.

WEEK 6 and 7: Responding to Denial
The final weeks of the course look more closely at the psychology of science denial and debunking techniques. We also complete a peer assessment that asks students to practice debunking strategies on real myths that can be found in today's media.

Approach: mini-lectures, video interviews, quizzes, activities, a peer assessed writing assignment, and readings.

Prerequisite

Basic high school science recommended

Instructors

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Professor of Marine Studies
The University of Queensland

John Cook
Adjunct Lecturer
The University of Queensland

Daniel Bedford
Professor of Physical Geography and Climate Science
Weber State University, Utah

Gavin Cawley
Senior Lecturer in Computing Sciences
University of East Anglia

Kevin Cowtan
Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry
University of York, England

Sarah A. Green
Professor of Chemistry
Michigan Technological University

Peter Jacobs
PhD Student, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
George Mason University

Scott Mandia
Professor of Earth and Space Sciences and Assistant Chair of the Physical Sciences Department
Suffolk County Community College, New York

Dana Nuccitelli
Environmental Scientist
Skeptical Science

Mark Richardson
Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
University of Reading, Currently at NASA JPL

Keah Schuenemann
Meteorology Professor
Metropolitan State University of Denver

Andy Skuce
Independent Geoscience Consultant
Skeptical Science

Robert Way
PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography
University of Ottawa, Canada

Editor

L'Université du Queensland est une université publique de recherche située principalement à Brisbane, la capitale de l'État australien du Queensland. Fondée en 1909 par le parlement du Queensland, l'UQ est l'une des six universités de grès, une désignation informelle de la plus ancienne université de chaque État.

En combinant les trois classements mondiaux des universités les plus établis en 2023, l'Université du Queensland est classée 2e en Australie et 42e au monde. UQ est également membre fondateur d' edX, le principal groupe des huit d'Australie et l' association internationale à forte intensité de recherche des universités du Pacifique.

Platform

EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.

EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.

Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.

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