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The latest episode in the ongoing climate crisis is A Different Lens Documentary series, and it exemplifies 2 big tasks climate literacy.
First, ensure that culturally-relevantClimate change education is a way to help all people understand the problem and get ready for the next step in addressing the climate crisis.
The second is the need for careful design and concrete support in order to make any talk about climate change education a reality. resonatesIs. It is very important broad-basedIt is the highest quality. 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.
Collaboration, inspiration, and infrastructure are essential to bring the two together. TogetherOnly then will it be able to show us that we have I seized the moment 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 easily adopt a network climate change offices. These offices, which are located within government departments, can coordinate programs of leadership and action, as well as educational development.
Such OfficesIt is important to ensure that Climate education: Quality and rigourYou can also foster new ideas, partnerships, and mechanisms that stimulate work in schools and communities.
However, it is difficult to ensure that these offices are properly resourced and protected. Squabbles between political parties. Another is to balance how we develop and align. Initiatives in policy at local, state and federal levels, and – crucially – differentiate it.
Education on climate change faces both the challenges and opportunities.
Preservice teacher education and professional learning can help meet these needs. Unanimous public support and overwhelming scientific consensusClimate emergency: Act now!
This has its consequences. You should not undermine the energy and urgency of change by keeping the broad contours of Current education policy and practice. Their hearts are the most important. CriticsShow these have just supported cultural or economic arrangements that are not sustainable politically. 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 ChampionsEducation reform and innovation regarding climate change are still a priority. Local groupsA group of passionate and dedicated teachers and students. These groups are often energized and sustained by participation in loose coalitions, as symbolized 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 togetherThis is your 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’s 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 we 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.This is the core of the climate crisis.
Science, culture, and the artsLet all generations know that there are things they need to learn, unlearn, and relearn. Conditions for living togetherto the planet in just, fair and sustainable ways. In other words, there are many candidates for Carbon-intensive lifestylesThat should now be in our history books.
In other words, educators and governments shouldn’t be afraid to Ask hard questionsLearn more about the threats to your lifestyle, livelihood, and ways of life. Cause or exacerbationThe Climate threat.
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As COP26 at 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 times, however, it was not always clear if they spoke up because they had themselves, their children, grandchildren, or some other purpose.
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 delightful 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. A clear statement or manifesto equivalent is one option. 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 that Climate stability is a fundamental 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 applies to the development of Australian Curriculum v9.0. It could have been strengthened, given the times. SustainabilityPrioritize study. This makes it simple to Incorporate climate changeAs a topic in all areas Learning areasIn ways that guarantee a Sound educational progressionThe knowledge, skills and worldviews that students are taught and learned about. It would also indicate that leaders and education ministers are listening to the COP process. Across 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.
If governments are willing to make drastic changes in schools and the lives of teachers and students to combat the pandemic, then this is one thing. 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 Repetition of the same 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 literacyAs a fundamental part of every educational offering.
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Climate literacy is more than just being functionally literate about climate crisis. It’s shown by demonstrating that We can all read 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.
