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EC-EN2-14bX

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

＜学位授与方針と当該授業科目の関連＞
この科目は、問題解決力（外国語とコミュニケーションの能力及びコンピューターを利用した統計・情報処理と分析の能力を用いて、科学技術及び社会の急速な変化に対応しながら、さまざまな問題を解決することができる）の修得に関わる科目です。
＜概要＞
Environmentalism 2 will focus on indigenous peoples and how they have become leaders against corporate environmental destruction; it will be more on the International Environmental Movement (versus the US in the first semester) and more on what the world is doing today to address issues of Climate Change and Pollution. We will focus a little more deeply on topics introduced the first semester: the Rio Declaration (1992), the Kyoto Protocol (1997), the Oslo Declaration (2006); the Earth Summit (2012). The topics we will consider: 1) The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns; 2) Humanity’s Special Place & Responsibility; 3) Humanity’s Disconnection with Nature; 4) The Philosophy of Limitless Growth; 5) Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/Political Paralysis; 6) How to Live Sustainably; 7) Intelligent Design/Reducing Human Footprint; 8) The Way Forward. I hope students will gain a deep sense of what the Environmental Movement is doing and how ordinary people are contributing to it.

科目目的

Objectives:

1) to offer an overview of the Environmental Movement;
2) to have students engage deeply in such topics as Endangered Species, Environmental Law, and Green Economic Growth.
3) to increase awareness of environmental issues
4) to increase understanding of the values the environmental movement is based on
5) to increase awareness of corporate abuse of environment and communities
6) to increase understanding of important environmental vocabulary
7) to engage in research on important environmental topics
8) to participate in group discussions and presentations
9) to engage students in important reference points in debates about environmental issues
10) to study the beliefs of indigenous peoples around the world
11) to study what indigenous peoples around the world are doing to protect the environment
12) to study what environmental movements, from Greenpeace to Friends of the Earth
13) to have students engage deeply in such topics as Endangered Species, Environmental Law, and Green Economic Growth

到達目標

By the end of the course, students will have improved their ability to read texts in a logical, analytical, and comprehensive way. They will have read a variety of types and genres of texts relevant to SDGs, and will understand the meaning of SDGs and their importance in the modern world.

The Second Semester will take us into the values of indigenous peoples, especially in North America and the Amazon, to understand how their values have become part of the modern environmental movement, with its concept of Mother Earth.

We will also consider such challenges as Climate Change Denial, which has been pushed by the huge energy companies, like ExxonMobile, to cast doubt on the science through FRONT organizations, such as the Heartland Institute. This really has stalled advances in addressing climate change, unfortunately.

Goals by Point:

To engage with vocabulary, listening, and grammar exercises
To engage with articles by independent scholars
To study important moments of environment pollution in Japan, USA, and India
To engage with discussion assignments where they have to offer informed opinions
To engage in internet reports websites on important historical moments
To encourage students to engage in independent research
To have students participate in group discussions to have students engage deeply in such topics as Endangered Species, Environmental Law, and Green Economic Growth.
To have students do independent research on various indigenous peoples, especially those in the Amazon regions
To have students do independent research on the reasons for environmental protests
To have students do independent research on such environmental groups as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth

授業計画と内容

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns: The Heating Up of the Planet.
Week 3: The Rise of Severe Weather Patterns: Changes in Many Parts of the World.
Week 4: Humanity’s Special Place and Special Responsibility: Humanity’s Footprint.
Week 5: Humanity’s Special Place and Special Responsibility: Recognizing Our Impact.
Week 6: Humanity’s Disconnection With Nature: The Rise of Industrial Farming.
Week 7: Humanity’s Disconnection With Nature: Recognizing Nature’s Gifts.
Week 8: The Philosophy of Limitless Growth: The Effects of the Industrial Age.
Week 9: The Philosophy of Limitless Growth: Measuring Happiness.
Week 10: Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/Political Paralysis.
Week 11: Climate Change/Earth Destruction/Species Extinction/Political Paralysis.
Week 12: How to Live Sustainably: Would Does It Take?
Week 13: Intelligent Design/Reducing Human Footprint: Reimagining the Future.
Week 14: The Way Forward: What Will the Future Look Like?

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／授業終了後の課題提出

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Every other class we will have a discussion (every two weeks). This is for you to develop your opinion and perhaps to debate or at least to compare opinions with other students in your group. Every other week you will also have internet- assignments, for the necessary background information to help you develop an opinion and listening assignments. In listening to a variety of accents, some from people whose native language is not English, you will first learn to get the general meaning of spoken English, though you may not understand every word.

Most of your work for the class will be done outside of class, to prepare for the class, especially for the discussions (I will provide the websites). Every other week as many times as necessary as you follow the instructions in your homework pages for the Vocabulary, Getting Main Ideas, Listening For Details, Fill In Blanks, Final Details, Internet Research, and Things To Talk About.

Plan to spend an hour on the homework each week doing the homework.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり１時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり２時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

I will try my best to provide extensive feed back on each of your assignments by the next class after you submit your assignments, to help in your continual improvement.

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／授業時間に限らず、manabaでフィードバックを行う／その他

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

I will try my best to provide extensive feed back on each of your assignments by the next class after you submit your assignments, to help in your continual improvement.

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

PBL（課題解決型学習）／反転授業（教室の中で行う授業学習と課題などの授業外学習を入れ替えた学習形式）／ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク／プレゼンテーション／実習、フィールドワーク／その他

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

I will try my best to provide extensive feed back on each of your assignments by the next class after you submit your assignments, to help in your continual improvement.

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

はい

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

The instructor has participated in sustainable development projects with UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity through Asia. Also, he has visited the Amazon to see first-hand what the government of Ecuador and environmental organizations are doing to preserve the Lungs of the Earth

インストラクターは、ユニセフとハビタット・フォー・ヒューマニティ・スルー・アジアとの持続可能な開発プロジェクトに参加してきました。また、彼はアマゾンを訪れ、エクアドル政府と環境団体が地球の肺を保護するために何をしているのかを直接見ました。

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

I will use my experience and the articles I have written and the research I have done to help further students' understanding of current environmental issues.

私は自分の経験と私が書いた記事と私が行った研究を使用して、現在の環境問題に対する学生の理解を深めるのに役立ちます。

テキスト・参考文献等

All Materials Will Be Provided By Instructor

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