eprintid: 10167309
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2023-05-25 14:01:50
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type: working_paper
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creators_name: McCowan, Tristan
title: Teaching Climate Change in the University
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J80
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abstract: Climate change presents a series of challenges to those teaching in higher education. While it is crucial to integrate it across all disciplinary areas, there are various constraints stemming from curriculum overload, the complexity of the topic, and its contested and value-based nature. Nevertheless, 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
pedagogical renewal in higher education through an assessment of three spheres of enquiry: the ontological (interdependence of human beings and the natural environment), epistemological (sources of valid knowledge, academic disciplines and diverse knowledge traditions) and axiological (climate justice, 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, leading to a virtuous cycle of deepening of understanding and connection.
date: 2022-08
date_type: published
publisher: Climate-U, UCL Institute of Education
official_url: https://www.climate-uni.com/resources
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2012863
lyricists_name: McCowan, Tristan
lyricists_id: TMCCO59
actors_name: McCowan, Tristan
actors_id: TMCCO59
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate Working Paper Series
number: 8
place_of_pub: London, UK
pages: 22
issn: 2754-0308
citation:        McCowan, Tristan;      (2022)    Teaching Climate Change in the University.                    (Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate Working Paper Series  8). Climate-U, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167309/1/WP8%2C%20final.pdf