Alberto Arenas, Ph.D.

Teaching

Some courses that Professor Arenas teaches regularly (or in the past) include:
 
Sustainability and Education (TTE 200), which explores key issues related to sustainability, including food, energy, water, building, transportation, and biodiversity, among other topics, and how personal decisions and public policy play integral roles in supporting or preventing the creation of a true sustainable society. The course explores these topics in relationship to formal and non-formal education.

Schooling in the United States (TTE 350), which explores the U.S. educational system from a variety of perspectives, including a historical, philosophical, sociological, legal, financial, and environmental one. It also focuses on current topics that affect teachers and schools in the US and compares them to similar educational realities worldwide.

Education and Sustainability (TTE 560), which explores the complex web of relationships between environmental, economic, and social systems, and its relationship to formal and non-formal education. It studies the causes, consequences, and alternatives related to the exploitation of natural resources, the distribution of wealth, the consumption of goods and services in society, and analyzes the curricular implications for such topics as food, energy, water, green building, biodiversity, and so on.

Comparative Education, which explores educational systems in different societies and tries to understand the reasons for these differences and similarities. It provides students with conceptual and methodological tools from the field of education and related disciplines - such as sociology, environmental studies, and finance - for studying societal school systems in depth and making international comparisons.