The Course

This course equips teacher education candidates with the knowledge and skills to critically engage with climate change and its broader social justice implications. Through self-reflection, systemic analysis, and action-oriented learning, participants will develop the capacity to address these challenges. By the end of the course, participants will be empowered to educate, inspire, and take action in addressing climate change within and beyond the classroom.

By completing this course, learners will:

• Build a critical understanding of climate emergency that faces our planet
• Evaluate their own praxis as individuals and as teachers in climate change conversation
• Identify and analyze the interconnectedness of climate justice with other social justice issues from a systemic lens
• Learn to engage with young people on topics of climate change and climate anxiety
• Respond to climate change through an action project of their choice