Symposium: Climate change education through the viewpoint of european projects


Dimitris Stavrou
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-0152
Abstract

The rapid amplification of climate change during the last decades has significant effects on both the natural environment and society, which are expected to intensify (Pörtner et al., 2022). For citizens to be able to accept and adopt the necessary lifestyle changes to help tackle the phenomenon and protect the planet, they need to be properly equipped with scientific knowledge about causes, effects and measures coping with climate change as well as with skills such as exploring multiple perspectives, evaluating information and arguments, making decisions and taking climate action (Otto et al., 2020). Therefore, various European programs related to STEM Education have focused on the search for effective practices to support students' knowledge-building of and the development of students' skills and practices related to climate change, as well as the appropriate preparation of future and current teachers for the negotiation of climate change in their classes. The papers to be presented at the symposium cover different dimensions of climate change education through the perspective of different Erasmus+ programs.

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  • 5. STEM EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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