{"id":154789,"date":"2022-01-28T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=154789"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:09:28","slug":"teaching-climate-change-blog-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/teaching-climate-change-blog-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching climate change blog earns national recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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A blog by a Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> professor has received an honorable mention for the John Lovas Award for an outstanding online project devoted largely to academic pursuits. The Lovas Award is presented annually by Kairos<\/em><\/a> at a conference on computers and writing.<\/p>\n

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Krista Hiser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Krista Hiser\u2019s<\/strong> blog, “Teaching Climate Change Field Notes,”<\/a> is part of a formal research study by the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Office of Sustainability<\/a>, which has been working to understand what faculty think, feel and do about teaching climate change in their classrooms.<\/p>\n

“John Lovas was an inspiring influence on my forms of scholarship—I applied for a tenure track position at a community college, based on the model of John\u2019s long career at De Anza College,” said Hiser. “I am honored and humbled to be acknowledged for this award, and hope that it can help to bring awareness to the urgent topic of teaching climate change in higher education.”<\/p>\n

Each post profiles a different academic and how they are meeting the challenges of teaching climate change across all academic disciplines. Each blog post is associated with a formal interview, which has been transcribed for qualitative analysis. Then, Hiser writes a pseudoanonymous public post to simply see what ideas and associations arise.<\/p>\n

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A sentiment I agree with, from Extinction Rebellion. (Photo credit: Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The blog can also help faculty to learn from their peers\u2019 approaches to sustainability and climate change.<\/p>\n