Civic Engagement about Climate Change: A Case Study of Three Educators and Their Practice

Autor/inn/en	Chandler, Thomas; Marri, Anand R.
Titel	Civic Engagement about Climate Change: A Case Study of Three Educators and Their Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Studies Research, 36 (2012) 1, S.47-74 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-985X
Schlagwörter	Climate; Fuels; Social Studies; Public Policy; Citizen Participation; Diseases; Ecology; Interviews; Teaching Methods; Ethics; Teacher Attitudes; Higher Education; Adult Education; Secondary Education; College Faculty; Secondary School Teachers; Clergy; Adult Educators; Connecticut; New Jersey; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klima; Treibstoff; Gemeinschaftskunde; Öffentliche Ordnung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Disease; Krankheit; Ökologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethik; Lehrerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Sekundarbereich; Fakultät; Klerus; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This collective case study examined how three educators (a high school social studies teacher, a university social studies teacher educator, and minister teaching an adult population) used a multimedia based curriculum guide, "Teaching the Levees", to teach about climate change to examine public priorities in relation to the environment. Specifically, we examined the three educators' pedagogy using an ecojustice theoretical framework, which focuses on the Earth in relation to extreme weather events associated with climate change, fossil fuel dependency, human illness and death linked to changing global temperatures, and the loss of tens of thousands of species. During their instruction, the educators focused on aspects of civic engagement, in an effort to critically examine climate change problems, as well as to conceive of possible solutions. Upon using the "Teaching The Levees" curriculum guide, the three educators also came to believe that climate change was one of, if not the most important public policy issue of the 21st century. As such, they often encouraged learners to consider being part of an emerging social movement which addressed contemporary climate change oriented problems and solutions. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for the Social Studies. University of Central Florida College of Education, Suite 123M P.O. Box 161250, Orlando, FL 32816. e-mail: ISSS@mail.ucf.edu; Web site: http://www.TheISSI.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10