Tool IV: Environmental Dissemination, Communication and Education
Code: 106760 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Sciences | OB | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Marta Fonolleda Riberaygua
- Email:
- marta.fonolleda@uab.cat
Teachers
- Alvaro Laforet Vives
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
Having completed the first cycle of the Environmental Sciences degree.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This course has a professionalizing intention, in the sense of providing useful elements for the development of the profession: it tries to incorporate specific perspectives, methodologies and techniques, as well as small practical experiences, which allow participation in programs and institutions related to environmental education and communication.
The planned objectives are:
- Understand the diversity of approaches in Environmental Education, Communication, and Outreach.
- Identify and evaluate the contributions of Environmental Education, Communication, and Outreach in citizen training.
- Explore, identify, and manage strategies, resources, and tools for Environmental Education, Communication, and Outreach.
- Design and analyze practices of Environmental Education, Communication, and Outreach in various contexts
Learning Outcomes
- CM27 (Competence) Assess factors related to the Sustainable Development Goals when undertaking environmental impact studies.
- CM28 (Competence) Assess the existence of inequalities based on sex/gender in environmental issues through data analysis.
- KM37 (Knowledge) Identify the uses of geographic information systems, impact assessment techniques and communication and dissemination methodologies in the environmental field.
- SM34 (Skill) Collect, analyse, measure and appropriately represent both qualitative and quantitative data, geographic information and observations of environmental impact.
- SM37 (Skill) Use appropriate scientific language when tackling the challenges in environmental science clearly, explicitly and briefly.
Content
- Concept and history of Environmental Education
- Goals and methodological approaches of Environmental Education and Communication
- Strategies, resources and tools in Environmental Education and Communication across different intervention areas
- Environmental Education and Communication and complex thinking
- Quality criteria in Environmental Education and Communication
- Environmental journalism and journalistic genres
- Internet, environment, and scientific outreach
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classroom practices and field trips | 40 | 1.6 | CM27, CM28, SM34, SM37, CM27 |
| Seminars | 16 | 0.64 | SM34, SM34 |
| Theory. Presentations | 22 | 0.88 | CM27, KM37, SM37, CM27 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutoring sessions | 20 | 0.8 | CM27, CM28, KM37, SM34, SM37, CM27 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Independent work | 37.5 | 1.5 | CM27, CM28, KM37, SM34, SM37, CM27 |
The training activity will be developed through:
- Expository classes on theoretical issues, carried out by the teaching staff or invited experts
- Reading, analysis and discussion of articles and other documents
- Classroom practices: discussion on real cases, problem-solving or exercises
- Fields trips
- Students' work
- Tutorials
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 30 | 8 | 0.32 | CM27, CM28, KM37, SM37 |
| Final exam | 35 | 3.25 | 0.13 | CM27, CM28, KM37, SM34, SM37 |
| Follow up | 35 | 3.25 | 0.13 | CM27, CM28, KM37, SM34, SM37 |
The evaluation will be carried out during the course through a variety of training activities:
- Partial exam that will be held on the day assigned from the Environmental Sciences Degree. 30%
- Final exam that will be held on the day assigned from the Environmental Sciences Degree. 30%
- Group work. 25%
- Follow-up activities. 15%
To pass the course, a minimum of 5/10 in each of the evaluation activities is needed.
A recovery partial or final examen will be performed. The student will go to the recovery exam if the note of each activity is below 5 and over 3.5/10; and if the student has shown a positive attitude and participation during the course. The group work and the follow-up activities cannot be recovered. If recovery is passed, the final grade will be 5/10.
If the student has only been assessed in a maximum of 25% of the evaluation activities and then withdraws, the final grade will be NOT EVALUATED.
Class attendance and active and committed participation are essential: the group work and the follow-up activities will not be possible if students are not attending.
For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this graded activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in the activity being graded with a 0.
This course does not include a single assessment system.
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Software
No specific software required.
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 1 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (SEM) Seminars | 2 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |