Teaching climate change to children : literacy pedagogy that cultivates sustainable futures /
Woodard, Rebecca,
Teaching climate change to children : literacy pedagogy that cultivates sustainable futures / Rebecca Woodard and Kristine M. Schutz ; foreword by Carla Shalaby. - xix, 153 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Language and literacy series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Carla Shalaby -- Being of use : teaching children about climate change through literacy -- Lighting our way : anchoring themes for a literature-rich climate curriculum that centers diverse books -- Starting small : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy by enhancing existing curricula -- Going big : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy through unit design -- Embracing feelings : the importance of an emotionally affirming stance in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- Nourishing our hearts : the promise of the arts in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- We are not alone : how elementary teachers can take action now to cultivate sustainable futures.
"Replete with classroom examples, this book demonstrates that young children (pre-K-6) are capable of learning about climate change; that climate change and social justice are inextricable from each other; and that literacy instruction is well-suited to this work. The authors take an emotionally affirming stance and examine the potential of incorporating arts-based methods"--
9780807769782 9780807769799
2024009226
Climatic changes--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.
Environmental literacy--United States.
Language arts (Elementary)--United States.
QC903 / .W65 2024
372.357 / W850t
Teaching climate change to children : literacy pedagogy that cultivates sustainable futures / Rebecca Woodard and Kristine M. Schutz ; foreword by Carla Shalaby. - xix, 153 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Language and literacy series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Carla Shalaby -- Being of use : teaching children about climate change through literacy -- Lighting our way : anchoring themes for a literature-rich climate curriculum that centers diverse books -- Starting small : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy by enhancing existing curricula -- Going big : growing literacy-based climate pedagogy through unit design -- Embracing feelings : the importance of an emotionally affirming stance in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- Nourishing our hearts : the promise of the arts in literacy-based climate pedagogy -- We are not alone : how elementary teachers can take action now to cultivate sustainable futures.
"Replete with classroom examples, this book demonstrates that young children (pre-K-6) are capable of learning about climate change; that climate change and social justice are inextricable from each other; and that literacy instruction is well-suited to this work. The authors take an emotionally affirming stance and examine the potential of incorporating arts-based methods"--
9780807769782 9780807769799
2024009226
Climatic changes--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.
Environmental literacy--United States.
Language arts (Elementary)--United States.
QC903 / .W65 2024
372.357 / W850t