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ResearchThe National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) is committed to supporting research to advance understanding of the competencies that are critical for socio-environmental (S-E) synthesis. SESYNC’s first education focused Theme, Learning to Integrate Across Natural and Social Sciences, called for research to advance our understanding of:
- How undergraduate and graduate students learn to integrate data, concepts, techniques, approaches, tools, perspectives, theories, etc. from natural and social sciences to understand environmental problems and inform solutions, and
- Pedagogies that support the development of this cognitive ability in a socio-environmental context at the undergraduate or graduate level.
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ProgramsOpportunities to learn about and practice socio-environmental (S-E) synthesis are critical for building capacity for S-E synthesis research and for developing understanding of this problem-solving approach and its associated concepts and competencies. Currently, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) offers several training and learning opportunities including:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs;
- Graduate Research Program;
- Short Courses, such as Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with the Case Study Approach.
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Teaching ResourcesSocio-environmental (S-E) synthesis is by nature a complicated, challenging process: equally so is the teaching and learning of the core concepts and competencies required for this research process. Here, you will find a growing collection of resources to help with the teaching and learning of S-E synthesis at the undergraduate and graduate level, from materials that are ready for use in the classroom to assessment resources and relevant education research publications.
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