Climate Change Education Roundtable Completed Workshops

 

Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14
Report   Background Papers	The National Research Council’s Board on Science Education hosted a workshop* (August 2011) that brought together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and expertise to discuss the teaching and learning of climate change and climate science in formal education settings, from kindergarten to the first two years of college (K-14). Based on the evidence from research and practice, the workshop explored how climate change is currently taught in school; what research indicates how best to teach climate change in K-14 settings; what factors impede teaching climate change in schools; and the connection between climate change education in K-12 and higher education. The workshop was designed to provide ample opportunity for discussion and exchange.      *Supported by the National Science Foundation   Related Reports A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
Climate Change Education Goals and Objectives
Report     Background Papers	The National Research Council’s Climate Change Education Goals and Objectives Workshop* (October 2010) addressed the current status of climate change education, broadly defined. It provided an opportunity for discussion between expert researchers and practitioners in complementary fields that often operate in relative isolation from one another, such as decision making and risk analysis, education, learning and cognitive science, behavioral and environmental economics, public literacy and communication, and physical and natural sciences. The workshop included expert panel discussions and small group discussions of goals of climate change education; barriers and challenges that are inherent to educating diverse audiences about climate change; and strategies to overcome barriers.    *Supported by the National Science Foundation   Related Reports Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change Advancing the Science of Climate Change Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change Ready, Set, Science! Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms
Learn more about the Board on Science Education's Climate Change Education Roundtable and the Roundtable upcoming workshops.