I did something similar Beth's class a few years ago, except that we also
had each student compare their assigned country to the US in order to
provide a bit more perspective. Many were shocked at how poorly the US
stacked up in some areas.
livwell,
dgwebster
On 8/7/07, Beth DeSombre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I also did semester-long country cases when I used to teach a course on
> sustainable development. Each student was assigned a different country
> for the whole semester; they wrote one paper on that country's domestic
> environment and development issues and then one on that country's
> intersection with international environment issues. More usefully,
> whenever we had a topic for class, the students could be called on to be
> the experts on their country's ("so, what has Bolivia's experience with
> the World Bank been?" or "how has Brazil interacted with international
> efforts on climate change?")
>
> Beth
>
>
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D.G. Webster, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371
http://wrigley.usc.edu/research/webster.html
