NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
ERIC Number: EJ1471776
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1059-0145
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1839
Available Date: 2024-12-05
Developing Elementary Teachers' Climate Change Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Teaching Climate Change Using Learning Technologies
Amal Ibourk1; Lauren Wagner2; Khadija Zogheib3
Journal of Science Education and Technology, v34 n3 p504-520 2025
Elementary teachers require support through professional learning activities to enhance their climate change literacy and bolster their self-efficacy for teaching climate change. This study explores methods for supporting in-service elementary teachers' self-efficacy in climate change teaching by examining the impact of professional learning activities that incorporate learning technologies on climate change literacy. We present the findings from two in-service elementary teachers' perspectives on how learning technologies facilitated the scaffolding of their self-efficacy for teaching climate change. Initially, both teachers held non-normative beliefs that ozone depletion was a cause of climate change. Interactive visualizations of climate models and simulations of the greenhouse effect enriched the teachers' climate change literacy, leading to a correct understanding of the causal mechanisms linking greenhouse gases, energy, and global temperatures. The experience also elevated the teachers' self-efficacy for teaching science concepts, with a particular focus on their understanding of the greenhouse effect and climate change.
Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 2142908
Author Affiliations: 1Florida State University, Science Education, School of Teacher Education, Tallahassee, USA; 2UNA, Elementary Education, Florence, USA; 3Florida State University, School of Teacher Education, Tallahassee, USA