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Discovery Sessions: An Educational Approach to Explore Weed Management Alternatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Ray D. William  and
Larry S. Lev
Ray D. William
Affiliation:
Dep. of Hortic. and Agric. and Res. Econ., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
Larry S. Lev
Affiliation:
Dep. of Hortic. and Agric. and Res. Econ., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
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In the 1990s, citizens regard green lawns and golf courses with attitudes ranging from pleasure for their beauty to dismay caused by concerns for environmental consequences. Citizens concerned with environmental consequences describe fertilizers or pesticides that may be harmful to groundwater or other organisms while others worry about the harm caused by more bee stings or economic and aesthetic losses caused by unsightly weeds. Both sides of an issue can be supported by facts. The listener may have difficulty forming an opinion since many issues do not have a clearly right or wrong approach. How should educators deal with this sort of dilemma? Are learning methods available to explore people's values, data, assumptions, and practices?

Type
Education/Extension Note
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 963 - 964
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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