This book presents ideas for strengthening the foundations for transformational change, polar and global education leadership in all stages of the education process.
This book presents ideas for strengthening the foundations for transformational change, polar and global education leadership in all stages of the education process.
Despite being an established concept endorsed by UNESCO, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is still not in the educational mainstream but is vital in mitigating against the intensifying impacts of global change and adapting to the shifts that have already occurred. Drawing on examples from real world projects in the US, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Machu Picchu and Greenland, this book assesses the new educational strategies, pedagogies and technologies which have been adopted by polar educators to stimulate students interests in sustainability and re-orient education to global citizenship science. The experiential nature of the pedagogies shown in the case studies and educational activities builds background knowledge of cutting-edge research and empowers participants to communicate authentic research practices and show how data collection in the polar region is applicable in other parts of the globe.
Highlighting the many ways in which educators for global citizenship can have a decisive role in transforming individuals and society, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, education and Arctic studies. It will also be a valuable resource for professional educators working in Education for Sustainable Development.
1. Polar and Global Citizenship Education How to equip the future
global citizen through geo-capabilities and Education for Sustainable
Development
Gisele Arruda
2. The School of Snow and Ice (SNOWI): professional development for middle
school and high school educators in ice core science and climate change
Louise Huffman and Lars Demant-Poort
3. Ecology as the Foundation for Understanding and Integrating Basic
Sciences.
Anne Farley Schoeffler
4. Using Place-Based Education to Teach About Climate Change and Connect to
the Arctic
Regina Brinker
5. Sustainable education for the youngest The implementation of new
technologies to foster the awareness for environmental problems for
elementary and secondary school
Inga Beck
6. Citizen science and environmental education case study of project
Salvemos el Rio Atoyac
Gala Perez Gutierrez and Esther Madrid Morales
7. The Kids Will be Alright Interweaving Urban Design, Youth
Perspectives, and Sustainability Education: A case study of the New
International School of Japan.
Sebastian Krutkowski and Lionel Rogers
8. Instilling a Sense of Wonder in Elementary and High School Science
Students: wonder-infused pedagogy makes a difference.
Betty Trummel
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Gisele Arruda is a professor in Circumpolar Studies (energy, Arctic, climate change, environment and society). She is a member of the University of the Arctic, the U.S. Arctic Research Committee, country director of International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, New York (USA) and a council member of Polar Educators International. She belongs to multidisciplinary research groups in Canada, the United States, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, conducting research on Arctic governance, sea-ice retreat, sustainable energy systems, smart specialization, climate change, societal studies, corporate social responsibility and multicultural aspects of higher education.
