Assistant Professor of Ecological Engineering

Stewart Anthony waller diemont

Teaching

My teaching most closely follows the writings of Paolo Freire, a Brazilian educator who developed Engaged Pedagogy:

 

Teachers are facilitators, not authority figures

Students are learners who already have real-life experiences

Knowledge is something that is negotiated, contextual, and claimed, not deposited in the head.

 

With this in mind I involve students in exercises that encourage independent, creative thought. As a teacher, my goal is to get the students to “do” rather than simply absorb. In my classes I also want students to think beyond the theoretical to real-life applications. How will they come to use this in the real world?

 

Courses I’m teaching:

 

Fall

ERE 596: Designing for Sustainability. I co-teach this course with Tim Toland and Robin Hoffman in Landscape Architecture (LSA 496: Aesthetics and Sustainable Design)

 

Spring

ERE 296: Introduction to Ecological Engineering

 

I’m also currently developing an advanced design course on ecosystem restoration.

 

 

Contact:

Office:

421 Baker Lab

State University of New York

College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

USA

 

Mail:

402 Baker Lab

1 Forestry Drive

Syracuse, NY 13210

USA

 

Phone: 1-315-470-4707

Fax: 1-315-470-6958

E-mail: sdiemont@esf.edu