Self-reflection and praxis
Objective:
By completing the module, learners will:
- Build a critical understanding of the climate emergency that faces our planet
- Identify their own practice and unconscious biases, colonial mindsets and denial of interconnectedness
| Module 1 (12 hours) | Activities | Resources | |
| Topics | 1. Introduction to the course – Objectives and intended outcomes of the course and individual modules – Discuss the assessment plan – digital portfolios | Sample Portfolios | |
| 2. Evaluate the impact of my individual actions on climate change | Caught in a Cycle | Carbon Footprint of Transportation Wildfire and Climate Change Impact of Plastic on the planet https://climateatlas.ca/ | |
| 3. The journey of our food – Learners evaluate where our food comes from and what it means to be interconnected with the world through our plates | Mapping the journey of our food | Where Does Our Food come from? | |
| 4. My encounter with climate change | Climate Encounter Inquiry | ||
| 5. My praxis as a teacher | Reflection on praxis | “Set in Stone” or “Willing to Grow”? Teacher sensemaking during a growth mindset initiative | |
| 6. Analyzing climate change through the BC curriculum | Curriculum Hacking | Climate change education in the Canadian classroom | |
| 7. My wonderings with climate change | Check-in – How am I feeling about the conversations so far? I wonder | The Big Climate Questions |