From Diagnosis to Action: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Education in Teacher Education
Objectives:
By completing the course, learners will:
- Introduce interdisciplinarity practice in climate change education and its importance to teacher education.
- Draw insights from interdisciplinary project ideas and UN Sustainability goals related to climate crisis.
- Design and present an interdisciplinary actionable climate change project.
| Module 3 (12 hours) | Activities | Resources | |
| Topics | 1. Learning from the past | Conversation Circles | Braiding Sweetgrass for young adults Other – Climate change picture books |
| 2. Contemporary Climate Solutions – Learners will engage with popular climate solutions and critically analyze them using the ClimateFRAUD framework | Climate Deceptions | ClimateFRAUD Framework | |
| 3. Interdisciplinary practice in climate change pedagogy: – Learners understand the role and importance of interdisciplinary practice in climate education | Break Out | ||
| 4. Educating and celebrating environment days – Learners will plan a school day to engage their class students in conversations around climate change through prominent days of the year/environment days/holidays | Schools for Environment | Movie[NK1] ? | |
| 5. Presentations | Presentation of lessons/activities and Peer Review Feedback |
| Assessment | Digital Portfolio and event showcasing their projects. |