2nd Edition

Climate Change Education Knowing, Doing and Being

By Chang Chew Hung Copyright 2023
246 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Climate change is complex and there is a need to educate our future generations so that they are able to deal with the plethora of information and views that they come into contact with in their lives. This book inquires into what it means to teach and learn about climate change. Now in its second edition, Chang further explores what education for climate change entails, discussing the concept... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Defining climate change education for the global citizen 3. Climate change education in the formal curriculum 4. What do students know about climate change? 5. Pedagogies for successful implementation of CCE 6. Preparing teachers for CCE 7. Assessment in CCE 8. Lessons from CCE for public education 9. CCE, environmental education and sustainability education through geographical education. 10. Is CCE relevant for the global citizen in these critical times?

Biography

Chang Chew Hung is Dean of Academic and Strategic Development at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, looking after international partnerships, strategic planning, academic quality and innovations in teaching and learning for the institute. He is the Co-Editor of the journal International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (IRGEE) and is the International Editor of the journal Review in Geographic Education Online (RIGEO) for the Asia and Oceania region. His work in sustainability education has extended beyond his research in Climate Change Education to leading the Network of Education for Sustainability in Asia, that is organised from the NTU Sustainable Earth Office (SEO). He is also an elected Senator to the Academic Council of the University and is concurrently an Adjunct Professor of East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.