A Constructivist Approach to Climate Change Teaching and Learning

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dc.contributor.authorBardsley, D.
dc.contributor.authorBardsley, A.
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionCopyright © 1999-2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Journal compilation © 2009 Institute of Australian Geographers
dc.description.abstractIt is now broadly acknowledged that climate change due to an enhanced Greenhouse Effect is underway and such change will have major implications for our societies and environments. This paper outlines a pedagogical approach devised to encourage learning and critical thinking about climate change. A constructivist approach to teaching and learning is applied to stimulate analysis of potential impacts of climate change on systems familiar to secondary school students in South Australia. The problem-based method guides students through a conceptualisation of the implications of environmental change. Students at Woodcroft College, when given the opportunity to examine the potential climate change impacts on a local coastal ecosystem, found the method to be both challenging and engaging. The exercise concluded with students discussing possible personal behavioural and broader societal responses to reduce the impacts of future climate change. The paper contends that such teaching to support students to become resilient young adults will be vital in a future world of environmental risk
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDouglas K. Bardsley and Annette M. Bardsley
dc.identifier.citationGeographical Research, 2007; 45(4):329-339
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00472.x
dc.identifier.issn1745-5871
dc.identifier.issn1745-5863
dc.identifier.orcidBardsley, D. [0000-0001-7688-2386]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/49481
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00472.x
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectcritical thinking
dc.subjectconstructivist education
dc.subjectrisk
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectSouth Australia
dc.titleA Constructivist Approach to Climate Change Teaching and Learning
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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