Teaching climate change in primary schools : an interdisciplinary process

Introduction Anne Dolan Section1: Theory and Philosophical Approaches 1. Teaching climate change: setting the context, Anne Dolan 2. A Thematic Approach to Teaching Climate Change, Fionnuala Tynan 3. The World's Religious Traditions and Global Climate Disruption. Patricia Kieran 4. A Reflective Approach to Climate Change Education, Kathleen Horgan 5. Early Beginnings: Fostering Positive Dispositions towards Climate Education in Early Years Classrooms, Deirdre Breatnach, Mary Moloney and Jennifer Pope Section 2: Climate Change Education: Literacy based approaches6. Climate Change, Picturebooks and Primary School Children,Mary Roche 7. Listening, re-acting and acting: Stories from plants and animals to elicit empathy and dialogue about climate change, in the classroom and beyond, Miriam Hamilton 8. Using climate change as the context for a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach in the primary classroom, Siobhan Ni Mhurchu Section 3: Climate Change Education: STEAM9. Bringing Climate Change Alive in the Science Classroom through Science Communication and Engineering STEM Challenges, Maeve Liston10. Exploring Climate Change Education Outside the Classroom, Anne O Dwyer 11. Do you see what I see? A Visual Lens for Exploring Climate Change, Anne Marie Morrin 12. The Grow Room: An artistic exploration of Climate Change, Tanya Power 13. Is Plastic Really Fantastic or is it Something More Drastic? Anne Dolan. Section 4: Climate Change Education: Pedagogies of hope and action 14. Geography, Global Learning and Climate Justice: Geographical Aspects of Teaching Climate Change, Anne Dolan 15. Exploring Climate Change through an Historical Lens, Anne Dolan and Eileen O'Sullivan 16. Climate Change Education through Active Citizenship, Margaret Nohilly 17. Ecological Awareness: A Cornerstone to Developing a Healthy Christian Spirituality, Maurice Harmon 18. Creating Teaching Resources in Response to the Rapidly Changing Nature of Climate Change, Brighid Golden 19. Negotiating Environmental Protection Through Drama, Margaret O Keeffe and Joanna Parkes 20. Moving towards Change: The Contribution of Physically Educated Communities, Richard Bowles 21. Pedagogy of Hope: Futures Teaching for Climate Change, Anne Dolan.
"This important and timely book provides an overview of climate change and highlights the importance of including climate change education in primary schools. It emphasises the importance of cross-curricular pedagogical approaches with a focus on climate justice, providing in-depth assistance for teaching children aged 3 -13 years. Informed by up to date research, the book helps teachers to remain faithful to climate change science whilst not overwhelming children. Accompanied by online resources, this book includes practical and easy to follow ideas and lesson plans that will help teachers to include climate change education in their classrooms in a holistic, cross-curricular manner. Specific chapters address the following topics: inter-disciplinary approaches to climate change early childhood education pedagogies of hope the importance of reflective practice ideas for including climate change education in curricular areas such as literacy, geography, science, history, and the arts. Designed to promote climate change education in primary schools, this resource will help primary teachers, student teachers, geography specialists and all those interested in climate change education develop their own conceptual knowledge and that of the children in their class"--