ERIC Number: EJ1388898
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 11
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EISSN: EISSN-2167-1230
Teaching STEM through Climate Justice and Civic Engagement
Doucette, Sonya Remington; Price, Heather U.; Morrison, Deb L.; Shaver, Irene
Science Education and Civic Engagement, v15 n1 p6-16 Win 2023
This article provides a rationale and resources for teaching climate justice and civic engagement across the STEM curriculum in K-12 and higher education. It presents a culturally responsive approach to STEM teaching and learning that centers social justice issues arising from climate impacts, and energy extraction and development activities, with a focus on participatory and equitable solutions and actions. This approach promotes STEM curricula that introduce social justice issues into the classroom as an entry point for investigating the issues using STEM. A social justice approach allows students to make meaning of abstract and disparate STEM knowledge and skills through real-world issues aligned with their interests, experiences, identities, and communities. In this article, we provide resources for teaching STEM through climate justice and civic engagement that are being collectively developed by groups in Washington (WA) State, led by Deb Morrison at the University of Washington (K-12); Sonya Remington Doucette and Heather Price at local community colleges (Bellevue College and North Seattle College); and Irene Shaver at the WA State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.
Descriptors: STEM Education, Climate, Social Justice, Culturally Relevant Education, Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Undergraduate Study, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Conservation (Environment), Racism, Gender Bias, Social Bias, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. 114 Post Street, Saugerties, NY 12477. Web site: http://new.seceij.net/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DUE2043535