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Laura A. Schifter; Jonathan Klein, Contributor – Harvard Education Press, 2025
Laura A. Schifter and Jonathan Klein highlight the many ways in which K-12 schools and students have tremendous potential to advance solutions on environmental issues, and they provide frameworks for enacting change, in "Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment." Schifter and Klein demonstrate how the effects of climate change intersect…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Climate, Environmental Education
Vosburg-Bluem, Bethany, Ed.; Crocco, Margaret, Ed.; Passe, Jeff, Ed. – National Council for the Social Studies, 2022
One of the most urgent contemporary challenges is to ensure a sustainable planet for future generations. The analysis of environmental problems and the best strategies for dealing with them should be an integral component of social studies education. This e-book offers essential information and recommends exemplary methods for teaching about…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Social Problems, Barriers, Social Studies
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Hardiyanti Pratiwi; Murniyanti Ismail; Ikta Yarliani; Agus Riwanda; Muhammad Irfan Islamy – Environmental Education Research, 2025
This study explores the integration of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the Projek Penguatan Profil "Pelajar Pancasila" (P5) under "Kurikulum Merdeka," involving 54 early childhood educators from 21 early childhood education centers in a coal-mining region of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Following a 20-day,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Conservation (Environment)
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Haladay, Jane; Hicks, Scott; Jacobs, Mary Ann; Savage, Tamara Estes – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, a historically American Indian university that is experiencing major climate change impacts from hurricanes, was the setting for four service-learning projects seeking to advance sustainability in a racially diverse community. Courses in American Indian Studies, English, and Social Work, in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, American Indian Education, Minority Serving Institutions, Social Problems
Kruse, Tricia – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
On April 20, 2010, an offshore oil-drilling platform exploded, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the gulf. From Louisiana to the Gulf Coast of Florida the effects are being felt by fisherman, shrimpers, dive charters, and other hardworking folks who depend on the water for their livelihood. But there is another population in these coastal…
Descriptors: Fuels, Social Studies, Preschool Education, Environmental Education
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Boylan, Colin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2008
As environmental changes become a significant societal issue, elementary science curricula need to develop students' understanding about the key concepts of energy and climate change. For teachers, developing quality learning experiences involves establishing what their students' prior understanding about energy and climate change are. A survey…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Energy, Climate, Concept Formation