Education of the Environment

To begin my exploration, I looked at "The Most Effective Climate Change Solutions Are Rarely Discussed,” published by Science Teacher. The purpose of this article is to discuss possible solutions to climate change that are rarely discussed by governments and schools. I chose to explore the article because I liked

Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar ice caps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of lay people as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame them? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly simple to understand and society as a whole is beginning to come to a clear consensus on climate change. Thanks in part to more readily available forms of media and information, people have become cognizant of the fact that climate change is a legitimate problem which requires immediate amelioration. While this may seem melodramatic, society is realizing that climate change is an issue which can no longer be denied if the human race wishes to continue.

For those individuals who doubt climate change is real, I would strongly recommend they watch this documentary; it just might change their perspective on climate change and how it has led to extreme weather changes. Research shows that "Eighty-eight percent of natural resource professionals in this study agree or strongly agree that the science indicates that our climate is changing" (Allred et al. 10). The problem is most people do not truly believe the facts that are discovered by scientist. President Donald Trump is one example, you hear it over news reports saying that us as people do

With the rise of calamitous news regarding extremists groups taking over certain states, countries threatening to go to war, and viruses spreading throughout the world; the outlook of humanity does not look good. In addition to these dire headlines is the matter of climate change, which, unfortunately, is not as alarming to the public eye. Nonetheless, climate change is a pressing matter as it will impact every facet of society from economy to even human survival. Perhaps the general public find climate change as a vapid subject because of its nature to react belatedly to human activity, and how it is often represented with numbers, graphs, and projections; things that are not compelling to those that do not understand its importance. Even

These last two election cycles have demonstrated the importance of climate change in relation to politics and the american people. What is unfortunate is that what seems to be a very crucial and real problem in our human survival, according to scientists, is being debated by people who do not have the scientific credentials to even discuss the science behind the reality of climate change. Those behind the skeptics, have funded a successful campaign against the reality of the facts and have introduce doubt into the sciences.

Participants, around the age of 50, did not find climate change to be an immediate issue for them, or they did not know how it would affect them. Around ⅔ of the participants said that they were educated in climate change in school, but they either did not remember facts about climate change, or would not consider themselves knowledgeable about climate change. Continuing education, for adults out of school, is also incredibly important. We can do this through advertisements in the newspaper, online, or on television. According to Change the Equation, 48% of Maine science teachers did not even attend school for the class they are teaching. We need to educate the teachers just as much as their

Article thesis: People already care about the climate change and are aware of it. They understand the problems it concerns; however, they are not connecting the current climate changes with the effects of our surroundings or on ourselves

In today’s political climate, individuals are more polarized than ever over climate issues. We don’t see much agreement that for whatever the reason, climate change is affecting the Earth. The issues over climate change has hit the media and the environmentalist has done a lot to shined light on the issue as well but, a lot of the citizens still believe that global warming isn’t real. If we are not educated about the issues regarding a sustainable living and about the climate changes going on in current world, then the issue can’t be solved. Educating children when they are young can be a great way to teach living a sustainable life-style. We the people and the politicians need to take a stand and create awareness in schools about living a sustainable life and educate the new generations to care about the negative human impacts on the world.

The past semester a core class I took was Politics of Climate Change. I’ve learned many new ideas and concepts about climate change. Now that I am educated on the matter and can form my own opinion, I was curious about what the people I surround myself with think about climate change. I asked many different people about their thoughts and opinions on climate change. I questioned my tutors, stem major friends, my parents, and siblings. I was most interested with what my mother, Oyindamola Eletu, and my sister, Omobukola Solebo, had to say about this important topic. I was particularly interested in what my immigrant, democratic, and religious mother would say on the tasking situation. My sister is a high school biology teacher in California who graduated from TCNJ in 2014 with a double major in education and biology. After interviewing them both, I began to compare and contrast their views and how they came to them.

In today’s time of environmental distress, it is pertinent that children be educated on the environment in order to instill attitudes of empowerment to change the world and optimism toward the future. Climate change, deforestation, pollution, and countless other anthropogenic issues threaten today’s living species, and many animals have already lost the battle, proving that educating youth on wildlife conservation is of utmost importance. Environmental education in children and adolescents has always been a significant topic, as they hold the future of the Earth in their power. Educators must be able to critically evaluate the effectiveness of their message to ensure their intended outcomes and make appropriate modifications.

The school has been built in order to present the vision of dream big. Teresa's Icon school mainly focus on the environmental sustainability. That has been done by bringing awareness to the people of the U.K.The school is managed by the education department of the district council through the school board. The school focuses on the secondary education and thus environmental education that is taken on the grounds of the primary and secondary section of the school. The study of this incorporates 687 students of which 327 are girls and 360 boys.

Chicago school (also known as ecological school) is the name given to specific group of sociologists from the University of Chicago during the 1920’s and 1930’s, conducting a research based on the city of Chicago as the social laboratory (Tierney, 2006, p. 89). The school of Chicago was developed at the time when the city of Chicago was experiencing a rapid social change with the rapid increase of population due to immigration and the puling factors within the city. These changes caused problems such as poverty housing and after all the strain to institutions.

Environmental education is not always implemented within schools because classrooms are the main space in which students learn and teachers are expected to teach. However, by implementing activities that surround around current events in the environment and by connecting students to nature, this can have positive effects in which it influences the individuals sense of self and their community (Mcinerney, Smyth, & Down, 2011). Research found that children who play in a natural environment to develop better physical skills such as improved motor skills, fitness, and coordination more than other children who play in build environments. They also develop better cognitivitly in which they have increased creativity and problem solving skills

I have to admit it. I usually struggle with what to compose for the district newsletter. There can be so many things worthy of including it is sometimes difficult to pick some one thing. This time was different. It was clear. It happened at the Hampton-Dumont vs. St. Edmund basketball game, but the story for me began long ago.

While at the school, I got to try my hand at a variety of different things. Every day was different. In a classroom, you never know what is going to happen and everyday something different is taught. I would go to the school Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays each week from 12:00pm until 3:00pm.