Rooting sustainability in schools: exploring ecosystem services of trees and promoting scientific literacy

Beschreibung

Crucial issues and societal challenges – according to
Klaffki – call for an education that not only provides
powerful disciplinary knowledge but goes beyond
and fosters networked, cross-linking thinking. Climate
change ranks top among these crucial issues, yet the
topic does not easily fit into curricula. Just like ecosystem
services - an integrated concept that has difficulty to find
its way into a world divided into silos. Crucial issues and
integrated concepts need to be translated into school
subjects and university disciplines to promote futures
literacy. We present a theoretical introduction on how
we conceptualize inquiry-based learning to promote
networked, cross-linking thinking on ecosystem services
of trees and how this is connected with climate change,
adaptation and mitigation. We showcase two of our projects
– in the Austrian “Sparkling Science” and “Talents
Regional – Children, Companies and the World of Research”
funding schemes – and share our experiences
on implementing inquiry-based learning with schools,
focusing on students’ and teachers’ experiences in these
transformational educational settings.

Zeitraum	22 Sept. 2022
Ereignistitel	UNITE Cologne: Sustainability in Schools and Teacher Education: International Perspectives and Impulses: UNITE Summer School 2022 (University Network for Internationalisation in Teacher Education Cologne)
Veranstaltungstyp	Summer/Winter academy/school
Ort	Köln, DeutschlandAuf Karte anzeigen
Bekanntheitsgrad	International