scholarly journals Climate Change: Causes, Effects and the Need for Science Education for Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyginus A. Nwona
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development

Education for sustainable development in chemistry – challenges, possibilities and pedagogical models in Finland and elsewhere

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Juntunen ◽  
M. K. Aksela
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Sustainability Science ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Chemistry Teachers ◽  
Current State ◽  
Pedagogical Models ◽  
Pedagogical Frameworks

This article analyses Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in chemistry by reviewing existing challenges and future possibilities on the levels of the teacher and the student. Pedagogical frameworks that are found eligible in practice are reviewed. Lesson themes that are suitable for implementing socio-scientific issues (SSI) related to ESD into basic chemistry education at schools are discussed. Based on this analysis, three new demonstrative pedagogical models for ESD in chemistry are presented to help guide the work of teachers. The models draw on an interdisciplinary reading of research in the field of SSI-based science education, sustainability science, green chemistry and environmental education. The current state of ESD in Finnish chemistry education is used as an example case throughout the article. Two tasks where future development is required were recognised. The first task concerns supporting chemistry teachers in overcoming the challenges with SSI and ESD they face in their work. The second task is to ensure that students are more often provided with more relevant and flexible chemistry content and studying methods.

scholarly journals Prioritizing Elements of Science Education for Sustainable Development with the MCDA-FDEMATEL Method Using the Flipped E-Learning Scheme

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Su Jeong ◽  
David González-Gómez ◽  
Florentina Cañada-Cañada
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Fuzzy Decision Making ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Learning Scheme ◽  
E Learning

Selecting and ordering components for sustainable science education is a critical issue, which is presently obtaining increased attention because of being at an early stage and scarce application in higher education. Though the flipped e-learning scheme is one of the novel information and communication technologies (ICTs), it can be of great relevance in a long-term learning program for various sustainable science education criteria. This research presents an approach to identify and analyze elements for science education for sustainable development with multi-criteria decision analysis-fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (MCDA-FDEMATEL) method by flipped e-learning system. With the method proposed, the main elements are collected as science-education, sustainable-development, technology-infrastructure and flipped-e-learning elements. The final results’ analyses with sixteen sub-elements are assessed with weighted linear combination (WLC) and sensitivity-analysis (I to VI implementations) in the context of the MCDA-FDEMATEL method. The most important element and sub-element for science education for sustainable development through flipped e-learning teaching are sustainable-development (as an element), VI implementation with 0.540 weight, and environmental contents (as a sub-element) with 0.570 weight. Consequently, this proposed approach could be used in different studies to validate the most important aspects of science education for sustainable development through flipped e-learning teaching elements and sub-elements with equivalent and comparable education settings.

scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Education: The Potential of Social Network Analysis Based on Twitter Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goritz ◽  
Kolleck ◽  
Jörgens
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Twitter Data

Education is considered an essential tool for achieving sustainability-related goals. In this regard, education for sustainable development (ESD) and climate change education (CCE) have become prominent concepts. The central characteristics of both concepts influence the non-hierarchical network governance structure that has formed around them: (1) their international origin, (2) the conceptual ambiguity that surrounds them, and (3) the limited implementing power of international organizations who developed these concepts. Hence, networks are essential to ESD and CCE, however, only few studies have used social network analysis (SNA) techniques to analyze their governance structure. The aim of this article is to illustrate how to use SNA, based on Twitter data, as an approach to examine the governance structure that has developed around ESD and CCE. We conduct an illustrative SNA, using Twitter data during three global climate change summits (2015-2017) to examine CCE-specific debates and identify actors exerting the most influence. We find that international organizations and international treaty secretariats are most influential across all years of the analysis and, moreover, are represented most often. These findings show that using SNA based on Twitter data offers promising possibilities to better understand the governance structure and processes around both concepts.

scholarly journals Känslor, värden och utbildning för en hållbar framtid: Att främja en kritisk känslokompetens i klimatundervisning

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ojala
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Regulation Strategies

SammanfattningKlimatförändringarna är ett av de mest allvarliga hållbarhetsproblem som mänskligheten står inför och är en viktig del av utbildning för hållbar utveckling. Genom dess existentiella, politiska och moraliska/etiska karaktär är klimatfrågan värdeladdad och även förknippad med en mängd känslor. Många människor oroar sig över klimatförändringarna och studier har visat att känslor ofta uppväcks i klassrummet då man undervisar om detta problem och andra hållbarhetsutmaningar. Syftet med denna artikel är att genom en genomgång av teorier och tidigare empiriska studier visa på att inte bara känslor utan också känslohanteringsstrategier är en viktig del av klimatundervisningen och att lärare spelar en viktig roll för om dessa strategier kommer att främja eller hindra läroprocesser inom detta område. Lärare har betydelse både genom att vara förebilder och genom hur de bemöter ungas känslor i klassrummet. I artikeln argumenteras för vikten av att inkludera främjandet av en ”kritisk känslokompetens” dels i lärarutbildningen och dels i utbildning för hållbar utveckling i skolan. Avslutningsvis ges några konkreta exempel på hur detta kan genomföras.Nyckelord: utbildning för hållbar utveckling, klimatförändringar, känslor, känslohanteringsstrategier, meningsfokuserad coping, lärandeEmotions, values and education for a sustainable future:Promoting critical emotional awareness in climate educationAbstractClimate change is one of the most serious sustainability problems facing humanity today. It is also an important part of education for sustainable development. Through its existential, political and moral/ethical nature, the climate issue is value laden and also associated with a multitude of feelings. Many people worry about climate change, and studies have shown that emotions are often evoked in the classroom when teaching about this problem and other sustainability challenges. The purpose of this article is to show, through a review of theories and previous empirical studies, that not only emotions but also emotion regulation strategies are an important part of climate change education and that teachers play a vital role in whether these strategies will promote or hinder learning processes. Teachers are important both by being role models and by how they respond to the feelings of young people in the classroom. The article argues for the importance of including and promoting "critical emotional awareness" in teacher education and in teaching about education for sustainable development in schools. In the end of the article some concrete examples of how this can be done are presented.Keywords: education for sustainable development, climate change, emotions, emotion regulation strategies, meaning-focused coping, learning

scholarly journals Luonnontiedekasvatuksen muuttuvat tavoitteet: luonnontieteellisestä lukutaidosta kestävyyskasvatukseen, toimijuuteen ja tulevaisuusajatteluun

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Laherto
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
School Science ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Transformative Education ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Action Science ◽  
Building Activities

Globaalit ympäristö- ja kestävyyskriisit muuttavat luonnontiedekasvatuksen tavoitteita, didaktiikkaa ja tutkimusta. Luonnontieteellisen lukutaidon (engl. scientific literacy) merkitys kytketään yhä useammin transformatiiviseen kestävyyskasvatukseen. Siinä ei riitä, että koulussa opitaan luonnontieteen sisältötietoa tai sen käyttämistä arjessa, vaan luonnontiedekasvatuksen pitää lisäksi tukea vastuullista toimijuutta ja arvopohjaista muutosta sekä yksilöissä että yhteiskunnassa. Artikkelissa argumentoidaan, että tulevaisuudentutkimuksen ajattelutapoja hyödyntämällä on mahdollista tukea vaihtoehtojen ja vaikutusmahdollisuuksien näkemistä ja niihin tarttumista. Luonnontieteiden opetus tarjoaa hyvän alustan skenaarioajattelulle, tulevaisuuden epävarmuuden kohtaamiselle ja uudistavan toimijuusorientaation rakentamiselle. Ehdotuksia konkretisoidaan esittelemällä I SEE -projektissa kehitettyä tulevaisuusorientoitunutta luonnontiedeopetusta. Lopuksi pohditaan ehdotusten ajankohtaista merkitystä kestävyysongelmien ja COVID19-pandemiankin aikoina.   Changing Goals of Science Education: From Scientific Literacy to Education for Sustainable Development, Agency, and Futures thinking Abstract Global sustainability crises are changing the aims, pedagogies and research in science education. The field is increasingly oriented towards transformative education for sustainable development. School science should now support responsible agency and value-based transformation. This article argues that the thinking in the field of Futures Studies can help students to see alternative futures and take action. Science education provides excellent opportunities for scenario building activities, addressing the uncertainty, and shaping transformative agentic orientations. Future-oriented activities developed in the I SEE project are presented as an example. The suggestions are discussed with relation to the topical sustainability crises and the COVID19 pandemic. Keywords: science education, education for sustainable development, futures thinking, agency

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