ABSTRACT

While climate change is increasingly being viewed as one of the most critical issues affecting the landscape design and horticultural industries today, research indicates that many current professionals feel unprepared to address climate change issues in their practice. This paper summarises a survey of faculty and students in post-secondary horticulture and landscape architecture/design programmes within the United States about existing practices of educating students (future professionals) about climate change, as well as perceived priority topics and information needs. Results identify areas where additional instructional resources may be needed, as well as climate-related topics receiving more emphasis than others. The study also identifies differences in student and faculty perceptions about the extent and importance of instruction in specific areas. Finally, this paper raises a number of unresolved questions regarding the underlying reasons for some topics receiving greater emphasis, and the potential implications from lack of emphasis on others.

摘要

虽然气候变化越来越被视为当今影响景观设计和园艺行业的最关键问题之一，但研究表明，许多当前的专业人士认为在他们的实践中没有准备好解决气候变化问题。本文总结了一项针对美国中学后园艺和景观建筑/设计课程的教师和学生的调查，内容涉及教育学生（未来专业人士）有关气候变化的现有做法，以及感知的优先主题和信息需求。结果确定了可能需要额外教学资源的领域，以及气候相关主题比其他主题更受重视。该研究还确定了学生和教师对特定领域教学的范围和重要性的看法的差异。最后，本文提出了一些未解决的问题，这些问题涉及一些主题受到更多重视的根本原因，以及缺乏对其他主题的潜在影响。