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The latest episode of the climate crisis is A Different Lens It is a documentary series that exemplifies two major tasks. climate literacy.
The first is to make sure that culturally-relevantClimate change education can help us all understand the problem, no matter where we start in our efforts to address the climate crisis.
The second is that any discussion about climate change education must be carefully designed and supported by concrete support. resonatesIt is It is very importantAnd broad-based, and is of highest importance QualitativeTo do justice to the extent of existential danger the episode illustrates.
Acknowledging we need to learn and change direction is at the heart of the climate crisis.
In order to bring the two together, inspiration, collaboration and infrastructure are crucial. TogetherOnly then will it be able to show us that we have The moment was taken to learn our way out of this crisis – whether that is through schools, colleges, universities, community settings, workplaces, unions, the media, and so on.
A Tried and tested approachAustralia can adopt the network of climate change offices. These offices can be found within government departments and can coordinate programs for leadership, education, and action.
Such OfficesIt is essential to ensure Climate education should be a rigorous and high-quality endeavor.You can also foster new ideas, partnerships, and mechanisms that stimulate work in schools and communities.
This approach has its challenges. Political squabbles between parties. Another is to balance how we develop and align. Policy initiatives at local, state and federal levels, and – crucially – differentiate it.
Both are challenges for climate change education.
Preservice teacher education and professional learning can help meet these needs. Unanimous public support and scientific consensusClimate emergency: Act now!
This can have serious consequences. You should not undermine the energy and urgency of change by maintaining the broad contours Current education policy and practice. Their hearts are the most important. CriticsThese have only supported cultural and economic arrangements that were not sustainable politically, environmentally or ethically in the face the current climate emergencyIt can be used to fuel it, rather than to mitigate or reverse it.
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A starting point for moving forward also requires a simple recognition – that the ChampionsInnovation about climate change and education reform are still in the forefront of our minds. Local groupsA group of passionate and dedicated teachers and students. These groups are often energized by joining loose coalitions with other climate justice or climate emergency networks, such as the one represented by Greta Thunberg, and other youth-led leadership actions.
We will know we’re making significant progress on climate education in Australia if those we look to are representative of a wider range of local faces across generations, locations, settings and cultures who Stand togetherTake on this challenge.
Equally, we should expect this range to honestly represent those impacted by the climate crisis, as well as those that are bringing about change through deep – rather than tokenistic or opportunistic – engagementWith the education sector.
In other words, this cannot be reduced to matters of social marketing, nudging or influencing, nor icons from overseas or be championed by generations who won’t live through the worst of what’s predicted. What is at stake? ensuring Australia provides quality education for these times and into the future, as outlined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No.4, and UNESCO’s Futures of Education report.
So, where are you now?
It’s sad that we haven’t seen our education ministers leading the charge in advancing climate literacy.
Italy showed that at the Glasgow COP meeting; Australia did not.
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Neither are our education ministers. Working shoulder to shoulderThese include those from environment and health, defence, and economic portfolios.
Joe Biden championed this kind of joined-up thinking at his Leaders’ Summit on Climate in April 2021. Scott Morrison’s track record is salutatory – he avoided demonstrating it then and hasn’t done so since, be that at Glasgow or beyond.
This is important, as acknowledging We must learn and change our direction.Climate crisis is at its core.
Culture, science, and the ArtsShow all generations that there are things we must learn, relearn and unlearn. Conditions for living togetherfor the planet in just, fair and sustainable ways. There are many candidates for Living a carbon-intensive lifeThat should now be in our history books.
In other words, educators and governments shouldn’t be afraid to Ask hard questionsHow to live, lifestyles, and livelihoods are under threat? Cause or exacerbationThe Climate threat.
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As COP26 in Glasgow Shown, joining the dots across ministerial portfolios is crucial to realising any chance of systemic change –especially in relation to law and policy reform, and demonstrating the integrity and transparency of governments and governance. It’s also a powerful sign of commitment to Organisational learning, too – and not continuing with passing the buck.
Now, you need to find prime ministers at the crux of climate debate and action isn’t unknown in Australia. In recent years, however, it has not always been obvious if they speak out because they have themselves, or their children or grandchildren in mind.
As a case in point, what does practising rather than preaching “creation care” involve?
If we consider the “green awakening” of Pope Francis, he seems to be the first leader of the Catholic Church to be on board with anything like the Paris Agreement. His name is also a charming reminder of a patron saint for ecology and community-mindedness who put words to action.
Pope Francis, like his predecessors, is trying to lead an imperfect institution in its reorientation to the future. Address ecological concerns and concerns for the survival of life on this planet.
Perhaps, rather than listening to leaders say the equivalent of praying for it in prayer, Australia could demand something similar from its leaders in education and government on climate change. One option is to make a clear statement, or manifesto equivalent. Laudato Si’ in Australia that spells out why we need to shift and transform the focus and depth of our “Social teaching” as well as our education.
Why? Because we can all agree on that Climate stability is an essential human right, it matters where, when and from whom we’re learning this.
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So far, we aren’t seeing clear leadership from government departments at state and federal level on what climate change education means, and how it’s offered in meaningful ways in schools.
This includes the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 development, which, given the times could have been strengthened SustainabilityPrioritize study. It makes it easier to Climate change embedIt is a common topic in all walks of life Learning areasIn ways that guarantee a Sound educational progressionIn the knowledge, skills, and worldviews students learn about. It would also indicate that leaders and education ministers are listening to the COP process. Different sectors and portfolios.
The national, state- and community-level responses Pandemic COVID-19They are instructive in comparison. These illustrations show how fragmented and weak the policymakers were in responding to the ongoing climate crisis.
As Tony Capon emphases, the climate crisis is a bigger, more complicated and longer-term threat to all peoples’ health and their communities than the coronavirus.
One, if governments are ready to make radical changes in schooling and the lives students and teachers in order to address the pandemic to keep, Their right to learn and work, it’s no longer unimaginable to consider how we might strike the balance of costs and benefits to addressing the climate crisis.
And, as the ADL episode shows, that has to be sooner rather than later, especially if we’re to maintain climate stability as a basic human right.
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In terms of urgency, I’m also reminded of the saying: “There’s no jobs on a dead planet.” It’s a two-edged sword. Employers who don’t listen to their markets are soon out of business. Equally, employers don’t offer jobs to Graduating seniors of the education system who aren’t capable of working with the challenges of today’s world.
So if there’s a task for economists, cultural historians, geologists, and zoologists to work on together now, it’s to learn from “extinction studies” in ways that help us all avoid Repeat the mistakes those spell out for business models, species and civilisations – that is, forms and ways of life – that are no longer sustainable, be that for First Nations through to the latest individual and corporate citizens of Australia.
Anna Skarbek makes this point directly – now is the time to grasp the nettle of turning around existential as well as economic priorities for jobs and careers so they’re all climate-literate and climate-change-ready.
Upstream refers to technical, vocational and educational education and training. relevant climate literacyEach educational offering should have this as a core part of its DNA.
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Climate literacy is therefore more than being functionally literate on the climate crisis. It’s shown by demonstrating that We can all read and understand the signs of the times, and have the competences, capacity and resources – and opportunities – to respond accordingly.
Make climate change education culturally-relevant, and make sure it’s quality education for all.
Thus, as part of a “Just transition” process, it’s also crucial that climate literacy ensures No one is left behind, Starts from where people are located.
In other words, the two big tasks are also two big asks – make climate change education culturally-relevant, and make sure it’s quality education for all.
