Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education

Stories and Strategies for Confronting Complex Topics in the Science Classroom
Herausgeber: Kreps Frisch, Jennifer; Feldman, Allan; Alston, Daniel Mason

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Produktbeschreibung

This resource offers science educators strategies for tackling 'wicked problems' in classrooms. Contributors address complex issues like climate change, social justice, political attacks on education and more. This book is ideal for science educators as a supplement to methods courses or for professional development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781032833255
• ISBN-10: 1032833254
• Artikelnr.: 74437741

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Kreps Frisch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at University of Minnesota Duluth, USA. Daniel Mason Alston is an Associate Professor in the Cato College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, and the director for the Charlotte Teaching Fellows Program. Allan Feldman is Emeritus Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at the University of South Florida, USA. Rita Hagevik is Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Science Education in the Biology Department at UNC-Pembroke, USA. Michelle Schpakow is the Science Education Lecturer for Monmouth University's School of Education, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: PreK-12 Students 1. Nature-Based Learning and
Supportive Learning Environments: A Pathway to Climate Change Education and
Social Justice 2. School STEAM Garden-Based Learning Empowering Students to
BEE Environmental Ambassadors 3. Addressing Wicked Problems Using Multiple
Models 4. Creating Environmental Impact Statements as a Tool to Improve
Student Understanding of Complex Ecological and Environmental Issues 5.
Building Perceptional Progression Among Adolescents Concerning Climate
Impacted Coastal Resilience in Economically Divergent Communities Part 2:
Inservice Teachers 6. Understanding the Impact of a Contentious
Sociopolitical Landscape on Science Teachers' Practice and Well-Being 7.
"This Isn't A Crime, This Is Science": How Carceral Logics have Manifested
In Science Education 8. Addressing Gender Inequity Through Sexual and
Reproductive Health Education: An Indian Perspective 9. Teaching About the
Wicked Problem of Global Climate Change in Secondary Science 10. Building
District-Level Capacity in the Development and Implementation of
NGSS-Aligned, Justice-Centered Curriculum Part 3: Teacher Candidates 11.
"Yeah, that's racist": Reflections and Learnings from a Justice-Oriented
Lesson Gone Wrong 12. Utilizing Model-Eliciting Wicked Problems in STEM
Teacher Education: A Path from Learning to Serving 13. Cultural Contexts
and Global Challenges: Integrating Science and Social Sciences in Omani
Teacher Preparation Programs 14. We Make the Road by Walking: Supporting
Science Teacher Candidates' Moves Toward Justice-Oriented Teaching and
Learning Part 4: Science Teacher Educators 15. Developing an Ecological
Worldview for Teacher Candidates Through Authoring Children's Science
Stories 16. Be Like Fungi: Mycorrhizal Pedagogy 17. Addressing Power in the
Collaborative Design Process while Building Transdisciplinary Perspectives
on Energy Independence in the Arctic 18. Tackling Wicked Problems through
Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Codesign 19. Transdisciplinary
Pedagogies in Pre-Service Teacher Preparation to Address Wicked Problems
20. Wicked Orientations in Teacher Preparation: The Complexity of
Cultivating Anti-Racist Science Teachers