Teaching about climate change in K-12 classrooms takes a careful balance between discussions on potentially dire consequences and inspiring hope for the future, a group of future educators learned at a recent UO College of Education workshop.
The class, Teaching for Climate Activism, an elective offered in the Education Foundations program, included a mix of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers as educators. Sarah Stapleton, an assistant professor in the Department of Education Studies at the UO, taught the class and coached students through workshop development.