Embedding Climate Change Education (CCE) at universities

Kinakh, V. (Speaker)

Division of Dentistry (L5)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research

Description

Chairing and presenting at 2022 ISCN Conference, session “Embedding Climate Change Education within HEIs"

Period	10 Jun 2022
Held at	ISCN - International Sustainable Campus Network
Degree of Recognition	International

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Over the last decade Climate Change Education (CCE) at universities has increased (Filho et al. 2021; Thew et al., (2021). There is a range of published examples/case studies illustrating how CCE is embedded within certain courses/disciplines (Madden et al., 2018; Molthan-Hill et al., 2019; Kinakh, 2021). There are still challenges in addressing climate change within the teaching practices at universities. Session organiser, facilitator and co-presenter: Dr. Vitalia Kinakh, The University of Manchester This session seeks to further the debate on: - What are the attitudes of teaching staff to CEE, their knowledge of climate change, and inclusion of ‘climate change’ topics in their teaching? - What strategies are more effective in educating modern-day students about climate change (e.g., how educators should teach and how undergraduate/postgraduate students might be engaged to learn about climate change and actions that can be taken to mitigate and adapt to climate change)? - To assist in embedding CEE in curricula, can the existing strategies, initiatives, case studies, etc. be replicated in universities across the globe, and can challenges to implement CCE be addressed/resolved promptly?