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Ojala, Maria – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023
Scholars in the field of education for sustainable development argue that it is vital that educators take emotions into account when teaching about global problems such as climate change. How to do this in the best way is still debated, however. This article aims to contribute to this discussion by arguing for the importance of critical emotional…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Social Problems
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Tablante, Courtney B.; Fiske, Susan T. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
Discussing socioeconomic status in college classes can be challenging. Both teachers and students feel uncomfortable, yet social class matters more than ever. This is especially true, given increased income inequality in the United States and indications that higher education does not reduce this inequality as much as many people hope. Resources…
Descriptors: Social Class, Socioeconomic Status, Stereotypes, Coping
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Schilders, Mariska; Sloep, Peter; Peled, Einat; Boersma, Kerst – Journal of Biological Education, 2009
This study examined what worldviews are present among Dutch students and teachers and how the students cope with scientific knowledge acquired in the biology classroom. Furthermore, we investigated what learning and teaching strategies teachers adopt when they teach about evolution and worldviews. For this survey, 10 schools for higher general…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Teaching Methods, World Views
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Roberts, Rosemarie A.; Bell, Lee A.; Murphy, Brett – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2008
In this article, we examine how youth in one urban high school talked about race and racism while participating in a curriculum that introduced the analytic lens of story types (stock stories, concealed stories, resistance stories, and counterstories) to look at race and racism and engage these issues through storytelling and the arts. We draw on…
Descriptors: Language Usage, High School Students, Focus Groups, Urban Schools