Beyond Neat Classifications: A Case for the In-Betweens

Autor/in	Bleier, Mitch
Titel	Beyond Neat Classifications: A Case for the In-Betweens
Quelle	In: Cultural Studies of Science Education, 18 (2023) 2, S.483-497 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1871-1502
DOI	10.1007/s11422-023-10184-1
Schlagwörter	Classification; Science Instruction; Ecology; Teaching Methods; Environmental Education; Climate; Problem Solving; Knowledge Level; Natural Disasters; Epidemiology; Curriculum Design; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ökologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Klima; Problemlösen; Wissensbasis; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Epidemiologie; Lehrplangestaltung
Abstract	Simplified, reductionist approaches to curriculum design and delivery are pervasive in science education. In ecological curricula--particularly in, but not limited to K-12--biomes, ecosystems, habitats, and other units of study are simplified and presented as static, easily identified and described entities. Characteristics, components, and representative phenomena of each are taught, and student learning of these things is evaluated. However, this approach minimizes the complexity and dynamic nature of environments whether natural, human built, or some hybrid of the two. In this paper, I make a case for studying environments and environmental issues in all of their spatial, temporal, and compositional complexity from the very earliest ages as a way to increase environmental literacy among individuals as well as in the population as a whole. This, in effect, will cultivate learners with a better, more nuanced understanding of the natural world and will lead to citizens, professionals, and policymakers who are more inclined, have more efficacious intellectual tools, and who are better able to address the environmental issues and crises such as climate change, sea-level rise, wildfires, epidemics and pandemics, drought, and crop failure, that are becoming more common and more critical in the 21st century. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01