All Fellows Module 3:
Solutions-Based Thinking

The philosophy from The World Becomes What We Teach serves as a foundation for Solutionary Teaching and Learning and the Environmental Solutionary Unit of Study framework. 

1) EXPLORE TEXT: 

• Read The World Becomes What We Teach PART I, and respond to the reflection task below. 

1) EXPLORE ARTICLES AND RESOURCES: 

• Read Flow Learning (Sample Download) and respond to the reflection task below. In this book, Joseph Bharat Cornell shares a transformative learning process that empowers participants to awaken their higher human qualities through direct experiences in nature. Flow Learning provides the essential ingredients for true learning, as well as a recipe for the inner transformation that every educator strives to bring their students. 

• Can Awe Help Students Cope with Climate Change? Greater Good Magazine

• Do Experiences with Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause and Effect Relationship

• Peninsula Clean Energy: If you live or work in San Mateo County, all of the electricity you use is 100% clean, thanks to PCE! Read here to see how it works. 

• The Solutions Project: 10 Climate Change Solutions to Inspire You

• Teaching Climate Change: Climate change is now mandated to be taught in all science classes Grades 1-12 in California. Teaching Climate Change lays out a comprehensive, NGSS-aligned approach to climate change education that builds in-depth knowledge of the subject, empowers students, and promotes a social justice mindset.