ERIC Number: EJ1363548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Envisioning Low-Carbon Futures: Possibility and Hope As Part of Climate Change Teacher Education
Environmental Education Research, v28 n8 p1191-1208 2022
Caribbean nations are amongst those considered the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. This necessitates climate change education (CCE) to enhance the mitigation and adaptation capacities of the region's populace. CCE is necessary at all levels of the education system, from pre-primary through to the tertiary level. To facilitate this, teachers must be exposed to CCE, understanding what climate change is, its impacts, and how to respond to climate change. Additionally, in order to facilitate students' (as well as their own) abilities to visualise various climate futures and respond to the range of emotions associated with climate change, teachers' own visioning skills must be developed. This article focuses on educators' engagement' with a low-carbon visioning exercise in a CCE course for educators at a regional university in the Caribbean. Thematic analysis of the document and interview data offers illustrations of the possibilities of visioning for awakening students to alternative future possibilities and engendering hope.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Visualization, College Faculty, Inservice Teacher Education, Futures (of Society), Energy Management, Natural Disasters, Risk Management, Transportation, Travel, Urban Planning, Citizenship Responsibility, Sustainability, Psychological Patterns
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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