Land Pedagogies, Global Citizenship Education, and Climate Change Education

• In Event: Resisting the Paradigm: Connecting Culture, Narrative, and Innovation in Educational Practice

Abstract

Climate change is a global crisis. In social studies classrooms educators have started to take up the work of teaching climate change. A popular method to teach climate change is through global citizenship education (GCE). Yet, any truly global outlook must consider the diverse range of ontologies and epistemologies in the world. GCE can benefit from incorporating Indigenous perspectives that view the land in relational terms. This study examines how two teachers in Hawaii, one Native Hawaiian and one a transplant from the continental United States, formed a relationship with land through Hawaiian knowledge. It also discusses how their understanding influenced their approach to climate change education by encouraging students to first form a relationship with land.

Author

• Josef Donnelly, University of Hawai'i at Hilo