?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Teaching+Climate+Change+in+the+University&rft.creator=McCowan%2C+Tristan&rft.description=Climate+change+presents+a+series+of+challenges+to+those+teaching+in+higher+education.+While+it+is+crucial+to+integrate+it+across+all+disciplinary+areas%2C+there+are+various+constraints+stemming+from+curriculum+overload%2C+the+complexity+of+the+topic%2C+and+its+contested+and+value-based+nature.+Nevertheless%2C+engaging+with+the+climate+crisis+can+be+a+driver+of+positive+change+in+university+teaching+and+learning.+This+paper+explores+the+potential+of+climate+for%0D%0Apedagogical+renewal+in+higher+education+through+an+assessment+of+three+spheres+of+enquiry%3A+the+ontological+(interdependence+of+human+beings+and+the+natural+environment)%2C+epistemological+(sources+of+valid+knowledge%2C+academic+disciplines+and+diverse+knowledge+traditions)+and+axiological+(climate+justice%2C+the+limits+of+state+authority+and+the+nature+of+the+good+life).+The+teaching+of+these+areas+should+be+underpinned+by+the+complimentary+pedagogical+foundations+of+critical+questioning+and+deliberation%2C+leading+to+a+virtuous+cycle+of+deepening+of+understanding+and+connection.&rft.publisher=Climate-U%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education&rft.date=2022-08&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Transforming+Universities+for+a+Changing+Climate+Working+Paper+Series++8).+Climate-U%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2022)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10167309%2F1%2FWP8%252C%2520final.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10167309%2F&rft.rights=open