WISE+Activism

=** WISE (STSE) Actions **= WISE actions are steps people take to address WISE Issues, which are potential problems for the //wellbeing of individuals, societies and environments// (WISE) due to problems associated with relationships among fields of //science and technology and societies and environments// (STSE).

INTRODUCTION
On this page, team members co-edit general resources, activities, lesson/unit plans, and teaching strategies relating to WISE Activism. As with all aspects of STEPWISE, WISE Activism can be related (explicitly or implicitly) with all other elements of the framework.

Activism Projects
For students to conduct WISE Activism, they need to draw on intellectual resources, skills, attitudes, etc. These may arise from teaching in which they have experienced and research they conduct. This is illustrated below for the case of a group of students attempting to take action to address issues relating to energy drink use:




 * Websites**
 * Action and Awareness projects from Hinterland Who's Who (mentioned by Tanya).
 * Sociopolitical Action article (Hodson, The Science Education Review, 3(1), 2004)
 * Ideas for Taking Action (see menu links on the left side of the screen)
 * General Issues and Themes :possible student action projects
 * Take Action! book by Craig and Mark Kielburger-- this is a great resource to introduce students to activism....someone in your social science department will likely have a copy.
 * Ecoholic is a great book, containing many practical actions people can take for a more sustainable life. I heard the author speak and she is amazing!
 * [|WISE Activism Resources]: This page provides ideas and resources for promoting WISE Activism in science and/or technology education.
 * A form of activism is to develop/engineer/create/design technologies, systems, etc. that may promote WISE. This is related to the concept of 'bright green environmentalism .' An interesting idea along these lines is to make these fun!

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