Teaching and Learning about Climate Change A Framework for Educators [Paperback]

Responding to the issues and challenges of teaching and learning about climate change from a science education-based perspective, this book is designed to serve as an aid for educators as they strive to incorporate the topic into their classes. The unique discussion of these issues is drawn from the perspectives of leading and international scholars in the field. The book is structured around three themes: theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual frameworks for climate change education and research; research on teaching and learning about global warming and climate change; and approaches to professional development and classroom practice.

Preface

Section I. Theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual frameworks for climate change education and research

1. Teaching climate science as history

Spencer Weart

2. The role of history and nature of science in climate change teaching and learning

Michael P. Clough and Benjamin C. Herman

3. System thinking and teaching in the context of climate system and climate change

Anita Roychoudhury, Daniel P. Shepardson, and Andrew S. Hirsch

4. Attending to emotional expressions about climate change: A framework for teaching and learning

Elizabeth Hufnagel

5. Using a socioscientific issues framework for climate change education: An ecojustice approach Dana L. Zeidler and Mark Newton

Section II. Research on teaching and learning about global warming and climate change

6. Students conception of a climate system: Implications for teaching and learning

Daniel P. Shepardson, Anita Roychoudhury, Andrew S. Hirsch, and Sara Top

7. Using conceptual and physical models to develop students mental models of the greenhouse effect

Daniel P. Shepardson, Anita Roychoudhury, and Andrew S. Hirsch

8. Unpacking thelF