EcoJustice, Citizen Science and Youth Activism: Situated Tensions for Science Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
A Life in Relation to the Broader Stroke of Education....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Together We Look for Answers....Pages 11-17
Put Away Your No. 2 Pencils—Reconceptualizing School Accountability Through EcoJustice....Pages 19-38
Provoking EcoJustice—Taking Citizen Science and Youth Activism Beyond the School Curriculum....Pages 39-61
The Sustainable Farm School—Waldorf Philosophy and EcoJustice Theory in Aesthetic Contexts....Pages 63-82
Building Teacher Leaders and Sustaining Local Communities Through a Collaborative Farm to School Education Project—What EcoJustice Work Can PreService Teachers Do?....Pages 83-97
The Local as the Global: Study Abroad Through Place-Based Education in Costa Rica....Pages 99-119
Drawing on Place and Culture for Climate Change Education in Native Communities....Pages 121-138
Art to Capture Learning About the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem – Why a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words....Pages 139-170
Section Editorial – Ponder This: Can Ecojustice Education Go Mainstream?....Pages 171-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
The Commonplaces of Schooling and Citizen Science....Pages 179-191
Living History—Challenging Citizen Science and Youth Activism Through Historical Re-enacting....Pages 193-206
Teaching with Citizen Science—It’s More than Just Putting Out Fires!....Pages 207-222
Carrizo Springs, Texas—The Story of the Systems Academy of Young Scientists (SAYS)....Pages 223-245
Mediated Pedagogy in a Blended Environment: Impact of Processes and Settings During Environmental Monitoring of Dam Removal....Pages 247-264
Why the Secret of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Should Influence Science Education—Connecting People and Nature....Pages 265-279
Democratic Participation with Scientists Through Socioscientific Inquiry....Pages 281-295
Section Editorial – Ponder This: Science Education in Times of Challenge | Opportunity....Pages 297-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Youth Activism: Considering Higher Ground....Pages 313-322
Balancing Economic Utility with Civic Responsibility....Pages 323-331
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Pursuing Youth-led Socio-scientific Activism: Conversations of Participation, Pedagogy and Power....Pages 333-347
Harnessing Youth Activism with/in Undergraduate Education: A Case Study of Change Lab ....Pages 349-361
Science and Democracy in Youth Environmental Action – Learning “Good” Thinking....Pages 363-384
Hitting the Big Screen – Urban Youth Activism Through Documentary Film....Pages 385-396
Citizen Diplomacy to Youth Activism: The Story of the Global Thinking Project....Pages 397-424
Seeing the Forest for the Trees! Conservation and Activism Through Socioscientific Issues....Pages 425-441
Section Editorial – Ponder This: Taking Educated Action with and in Science....Pages 443-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-460