1st Edition
Polar and Climate Change Education Citizen Science and Sustainability
1. Polar and Global Citizenship Education – How to equip the future global citizen through geo-capabilities and Education for Sustainable Development
Gisele Arruda
2. The School of Snow and Ice (SNOWI): professional development for middle school and high school educators in ice core science and climate change
Louise Huffman and Lars Demant-Poort
3. Ecology as the Foundation for Understanding and Integrating Basic Sciences.
Anne Farley Schoeffler
4. Using Place-Based Education to Teach About Climate Change and Connect to the Arctic
Regina Brinker
5. Sustainable education for the youngest – The implementation of new technologies to foster the awareness for environmental problems for elementary and secondary school
Inga Beck
6. Citizen science and environmental education – case study of project ‘Salvemos el Rio Atoyac’
Gala Perez Gutierrez and Esther Madrid Morales
7. “The Kids Will be Alright” – Interweaving Urban Design, Youth Perspectives, and Sustainability Education: A case study of the New International School of Japan.
Sebastian Krutkowski and Lionel Rogers
8. Instilling a Sense of Wonder in Elementary and High School Science Students: wonder-infused pedagogy makes a difference.
Betty Trummel
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Biography
Gisele Arruda is a professor in Circumpolar Studies (energy, Arctic, climate change, environment and society). She is a member of the University of the Arctic, the U.S. Arctic Research Committee, country director of International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, New York (USA) and a council member of Polar Educators International. She belongs to multidisciplinary research groups in Canada, the United States, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, conducting research on Arctic governance, sea-ice retreat, sustainable energy systems, smart specialization, climate change, societal studies, corporate social responsibility and multicultural aspects of higher education.
