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Caring for Social-Ecological Systems Through Science, Engineering, and Environmental Education: Models, Tensions, Affordances
Sun, April 19, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
Recently, environmental educators and researchers have taken a position that eschews approaches in education, science, and engineering that separate nature and culture. The escalating crisis of climate change exacerbates the urgency of creating a fundamentally different approach to science, engineering, and environmental education. A recent STEM Teaching Tool Practice brief raises the importance of creating learning environments that foster ecological care, consider more-than-human inhabitants of ecosystems, support learners’ ecological identities, and nurture care for local ecosystems through learning experiences that foster multispecies relationships. In this structured poster session, we highlight 11 projects that aim to do just this. This panel invites exploration of the significance of fostering social-ecological care in our approaches to environmental and STEM education.
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An Analysis of Socio-Ecological Care in a Place-Based STEM Enrichment Program for Middle School Youth - Heidi Carlone, Vanderbilt University; Dearing Blankmann, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Alison Mercier, University of Wyoming
Learning in Places: An Analysis of Young Children's Complex Socio-Ecological Reasoning - Priya Pugh, IslandWood; Megan Bang, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy Learning Sciences; Carrie T. Tzou, University of Washington - Bothell; Leah A. Bricker, The Spencer Foundation
Designing for the Development of Multispecies Relationships in Science Learning Contexts - Philip L. Bell, University of Washington; Rachel Han, University of Washington - Seattle
Examining Identity and Caring in Critical Place-Based Conservation Education for Undergraduate Students - Mario Guerra, Northwestern University; Megan Bang, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy Learning Sciences; Carrie T. Tzou, University of Washington - Bothell
What Is Education for Climate Equity and Climate Justice in Trump Country? - David E. Long, Morehead State University; Joseph A. Henderson, Paul Smith's College; Kevin W. Meuwissen, University of Rochester
An Ethics of Flourishing in Environmental Education - Joanna Chin, York University
On Care, Carnality, and the Problems of Selves and Others in Environmental Education - Joshua James Russell, Canisius College
Environmental Stewardship, Hunting, and Community Gardening in Inuit Nunangat: Its Educational Implications for Ecological Care - Shirley Tagalik, Aqqiumavvik Society; Kukik Baker; Jrene Rahm, University of Montreal
Food Activism, Education, and Negotiating the Gendered Dynamics of Public Cultures of Care - Teresa Lloro, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Caring for the Local and Global: Emotional Labor While Working Toward the Common Good - Carol B. Brandt, Temple University
Pedagogy of Love: Transforming Urban Environmental Education Through Co-Created Engagements - Pieranna Pieroni, CUNY - Brooklyn College; Atasi Das, The Graduate Center, CUNY; Jennifer Dawn Adams, University of Calgary; Theila Smith, University of Groningen