Teaching for Climate Action (TCA) - May 29 - June 23, 2023

This course aims to develop the skills, attitudes and values that teachers at all levels need in order to create a climate change consciousness among learners and their communities. The course explores a variety of pedagogies (teaching methods) that may be applied by teachers to deliver climate change education to learners in all subject areas. This will, in turn, build the global capacity required for mitigation, adaptation and resilience to climate change impact. 

Participants in the course will appreciate what climate change means and develop a general understanding of the science, impact, adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change. They will have the opportunity to explore the pedagogies that can be applied to teach three key areas of climate change education: 

• science of climate change and its impact
• adaptation, mitigation and resilience to climate change
• gender, youth and community empowerment for climate action 

Week 1: Teaching the science of climate change

• Teaching the science of climate change in relation to subjects in schools
• How to teach climate action at all levels in schools

Week 2: Teaching the impact of climate change

• Appropriate pedagogies in global impacts of climate change
• Appropriate pedagogies in national and local impact of climate change

Week 3: Learning for climate action and resilience

• Define climate action and resilience
• Pedagogies for climate action and resilience

Week 4: Gender, youth and community empowerment for climate action 

• Education for sustainable development and climate change
• Strategies for empowering youth and communities for inclusive climate actions 
   

This course is for teachers, educators and other education practitioners who want to learn and teach climate change related issues for action. 

After completion of this course, the participant is expected to be able to: 

• demonstrate an understanding of climate change, its associated impacts and how it relates to different teaching subjects in school
• discuss the challenge of climate change education
• demonstrate the application of appropriate pedagogy for teaching at least three key areas of climate change (e.g. science, impact, adaptation, mitigation, resilience)
• develop the consciousness for climate change education in their subject of teaching, for community action

A Certificate of Completion will be issued to participants who complete all four (4) topics and corresponding quizzes. 

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