Focus On Risk. C. Gomez Schmidt and M. Zint, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Parents and educators are concerned with youth s ability to navigate through a world filled with risks.
Formal education can provide one way to improve students risk decision-making skills.
An evaluation, involving 16 teachers from 12 states and approximately 850 students, was conducted to determine to what extent this curriculum meets its risk and environmental education goals. This study has implications for the future of risk analysis in the 21 st century by examining one way to educate our youth about environmental and human health risks that may enable them to become active participants in risk dialogues within their own communities across the nation.