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Climate Change Education

Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling

Edited by Rebecca L. Young - Contributions by Beverly B. Bachelder; Robert S. Bachelder; Karen Ball; Mary-Alice Corliss; Elke de Vries; Carley Petersen Durden; Jared Durden; Erden El; Alexandra Lakind; Tatiana Konrad; Alexandra Laing; Helen Liu; Alyssa Racco; Vandana Singh; Suhasini Vincent and Rebecca L. Young

Climate Change Education: Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling offers innovative approaches to teaching about climate change through storytelling forms that appeal to today’s students—climate fiction and protest poetry, fiction and documentary films, video games and social media. The stories are used as exemplars, from exploring space debris to urban design planning to fast fashion, and they provide entry points for investigating particular aspects of climate science, including the local and global impacts of a warming planet. Each chapter provides analyses and strategies for fostering climate (and space) literacy through knowledge, empathy, and agency. Contributors from around the world encourage educators to answer students’ calls for comprehensive K–12 climate education by aligning pedagogy with real-world challenges in order to prepare students who understand the myriad injustices of the climate crisis and feel empowered to confront them. They share their own stories and urge educators to join the growing, hopeful movement for action, classroom by classroom.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 254 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66691-579-2 • Hardback • November 2022 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-66691-581-5 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-66691-580-8 • eBook • November 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Social Science, Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Education / Current Issues, Social Science / Environment, Social Science / Sociology of Education, Social Science / Popular Culture

Rebecca L. Young serves as a content manager for the nonprofit education organization Cognia and as an advisor for the International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Programme in Language and Literature eAssessment.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Reading the Youth Climate Movement: Social Media, Literary Creation, and Allyship

Alexandra Lakind

Chapter 2: “But, What Difference Can I Make?”: Using Documentaries to Explore Environmental Advocacy in the Face of Climate Change

Carley Peterson Durden and Jared Durden

Chapter 3: Educating Space-Age Environmentalists at the Elementary Level

Beverly B. Bachelder and Robert S. Bachelder

Chapter 4: Teaching Environmental Respect to Young Learners: Video Games as Environmental Texts

Erden El

Chapter 5: A City for the Future: Designing Socially Just, Sustainable Urban Environments with Elementary Students

Alexandra Laing

Chapter 6: Fostering Environmentalism and Activism in Students: Plastic Pollution as a Starting Point

Karen Ball and Elke DeVries

Chapter 7: Ecohorror, Terrorism, and Inadequate Representation of Global Warming in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening

Tatiana Konrad

Chapter 8: The Global Impact of Fast Fashion: Understanding Sustainability and Social Justice Issues

Helen Liu and Alyssa Racco

Chapter 9: Making the Material Turn: A Pedagogical Approach on Postcolonial, Social, and Ecological Issues in Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy’s Essays and Fiction

Suhasini Vincent

Chapter 10: Creating Authentic Learning Experiences: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Instruction and Assessment

Mary-Alice Corliss and Rebecca L. Young

Afterword

Vandana Singh

About the Contributors

"I am overjoyed and grateful that this book exists. Hope is the animating force behind Climate Change Education: Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling. This rich, vital collection shares creative approaches to developing critical climate literacy and is especially laudable for highlighting the activism and voices of young people. Climate Change Education offers various pathways for educators and students who wish to work toward a healthy, just world where all life can thrive."


— Lara Saguisag, New York University


9/14/23, Yale Climate Connections: This title was included in the “12 new climate change books for professors and teachers” list.

Link: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/12-new-climate-change-books-for-professors-and-teachers/



Climate Change Education

Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Climate Change Education: Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling offers innovative approaches to teaching about climate change through storytelling forms that appeal to today’s students—climate fiction and protest poetry, fiction and documentary films, video games and social media. The stories are used as exemplars, from exploring space debris to urban design planning to fast fashion, and they provide entry points for investigating particular aspects of climate science, including the local and global impacts of a warming planet. Each chapter provides analyses and strategies for fostering climate (and space) literacy through knowledge, empathy, and agency. Contributors from around the world encourage educators to answer students’ calls for comprehensive K–12 climate education by aligning pedagogy with real-world challenges in order to prepare students who understand the myriad injustices of the climate crisis and feel empowered to confront them. They share their own stories and urge educators to join the growing, hopeful movement for action, classroom by classroom.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 254 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66691-579-2 • Hardback • November 2022 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
    978-1-66691-581-5 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-66691-580-8 • eBook • November 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Social Science, Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Education / Current Issues, Social Science / Environment, Social Science / Sociology of Education, Social Science / Popular Culture
Author
Author
  • Rebecca L. Young serves as a content manager for the nonprofit education organization Cognia and as an advisor for the International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Programme in Language and Literature eAssessment.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Contents

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Reading the Youth Climate Movement: Social Media, Literary Creation, and Allyship

    Alexandra Lakind

    Chapter 2: “But, What Difference Can I Make?”: Using Documentaries to Explore Environmental Advocacy in the Face of Climate Change

    Carley Peterson Durden and Jared Durden

    Chapter 3: Educating Space-Age Environmentalists at the Elementary Level

    Beverly B. Bachelder and Robert S. Bachelder

    Chapter 4: Teaching Environmental Respect to Young Learners: Video Games as Environmental Texts

    Erden El

    Chapter 5: A City for the Future: Designing Socially Just, Sustainable Urban Environments with Elementary Students

    Alexandra Laing

    Chapter 6: Fostering Environmentalism and Activism in Students: Plastic Pollution as a Starting Point

    Karen Ball and Elke DeVries

    Chapter 7: Ecohorror, Terrorism, and Inadequate Representation of Global Warming in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening

    Tatiana Konrad

    Chapter 8: The Global Impact of Fast Fashion: Understanding Sustainability and Social Justice Issues

    Helen Liu and Alyssa Racco

    Chapter 9: Making the Material Turn: A Pedagogical Approach on Postcolonial, Social, and Ecological Issues in Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy’s Essays and Fiction

    Suhasini Vincent

    Chapter 10: Creating Authentic Learning Experiences: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Instruction and Assessment

    Mary-Alice Corliss and Rebecca L. Young

    Afterword

    Vandana Singh

    About the Contributors

Reviews
Reviews
  • "I am overjoyed and grateful that this book exists. Hope is the animating force behind Climate Change Education: Reimagining the Future with Alternative Forms of Storytelling. This rich, vital collection shares creative approaches to developing critical climate literacy and is especially laudable for highlighting the activism and voices of young people. Climate Change Education offers various pathways for educators and students who wish to work toward a healthy, just world where all life can thrive."


    — Lara Saguisag, New York University


Features
Features
  • 9/14/23, Yale Climate Connections: This title was included in the “12 new climate change books for professors and teachers” list.

    Link: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/12-new-climate-change-books-for-professors-and-teachers/



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