Climate education in the classroom: cloudy with a chance of confusion
By Glenn Branch, Josh Rosenau, Minda Berbeco | March 3, 2016
What affects the way in which climate change is presented in science classes in public middle and high schools in the United States? A new survey suggests that both individual and community factors play a role. The most effective way to improve climate change education is by improving teacher training in the field of climate science. But there are systemic obstacles to teaching about climate change. New state science standards are helping to diminish such obstacles, but these standards, in turn, are provoking a political backlash across the nation. As with public action on climate change in general, public action on climate change education will be furthered by a recognition of the scientific consensus – and what that consensus means.
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Glenn Branch
Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of science... Read More
Josh Rosenau
Josh Rosenau is programs and policy director at the National Center for Science Education. His expertise ranges from biological... Read More
Minda Berbeco
Minda Berbeco is programs and policy director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). She earned her PhD in biology from... Read More
