EDSC 5719 - Book Study: Teaching Climate Change: Fostering Understanding, Resilience, & a Commitment to Justice
Course Description
Teaching Climate Change lays out a comprehensive, NGSS-aligned approach to climate change education that builds in-depth knowledge of the subject, empowers students, and promotes a social justice mindset. The course guides classroom teachers and educational leaders through an ambitious multilevel, multidisciplinary framing of climate change education as an integral element of school curricula. The course provides real-life classroom examples that illustrate not only key STEM concepts such as carbon cycles and the greenhouse effect, biodiversity, and sustainability, but also broader issues, including the countering of misinformation, decarbonizing solutions, the centering of human stories and the advancement of social justice. This timely course equips teachers to approach climate education with the urgency and empathy that the topic requires and shows how the classroom can inspire students to activism.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Describe the greenhouse effect
- Explain carbon cycles and decarbonizing solutions
- Describe the importance of biodiversity and sustainability
Notes
A link to the Armchair Ed course assignments and exams will be included in the registration confirmation and receipt email that will be automatically sent to students immediately upon completion of the registration process. Any required textbooks must be purchased separately.
The link can also be accessed after enrollment by logging into the Student Portal and clicking the link listed under View Online Resources.