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Renewing Informal Climate Change Education Through Place-Based Pedagogies

Fri, April 25, 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (1:30 to 3:00pm MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 708

Session Type: Symposium

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This session examines how place-based informal learning opportunities about local climate change issues can engage participants’ emotions, expand climate change understandings, and encourage science identities and belonging. Paper 1 examines associations among visitors’ memory, learning, and climate attitudes in the context of a museum climate change exhibit. Paper 2 explores how combining visual representations with oral reflections can support middle school students’ understandings of the effects of climate change on local marine life during a field trip. Paper 3 describes a project in which high-school-aged youth constructed mobile micro-exhibits illustrating anthropogenic effects on climate change and local bird populations. The session will encourage dialogue between researchers and educators about expanding informal climate change learning opportunities and serving diverse learners.

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