Climate change education [electronic resource] : knowing, doing and being / Chang Chew Hung.
"Climate change is a controversial topic; some people assert that climate change is not occurring, and others believe that reports are inaccurate, that whilst climate change is happening, it may not be caused by human activity. There are also climate alarmists who use IPCC reports to support th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Summary: | "Climate change is a controversial topic; some people assert that climate change is not occurring, and others believe that reports are inaccurate, that whilst climate change is happening, it may not be caused by human activity. There are also climate alarmists who use IPCC reports to support their claims that erratic weather patterns are a result of climate change caused by human activity. Regardless of these different viewpoints, one fact can be agreed upon; climate change is a complex subject and there is a need to educate future generations, enabling them to deal with the plethora of information and views that they will experience in their lives. This book explores what education for climate change entails, discussing the concept of Climate Change Education (CCE) itself, how it can be taught in schools and how public education can be carried out. It instructs what specific subject matter to teach for CCE, and how to evaluate the student learning on the subject"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317685890 131768589X 9781306787338 1306787335 9781315774923 1315774925 9781317685883 1317685881 9781317685876 1317685873 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |