About the project

EcoConnect aims to support non-STEM educators in integrating climate change education (CCE) into their curricula. The project focuses on enhancing students' knowledge, skills, and (emotional) resilience by providing faculty with tools and methods to address climate change topics effectively.​

How can educators in non-STEM fields integrate Climate Change Education to enhance students’ knowledge, skills, and resilience?

Higher Education Institutes will need to respond to expectations from students to equip them to make significant contributions towards sustainable futures. How are educators meant to incorporate climate change education (CCE) to meet student needs? Many teachers, especially those in non-STEM disciplines, feel unsure how to teach climate change or address students' anxieties. Our innovation - EcoConnect, seeks to build a toolkit containing CCE teaching methods, workshops, and a website. Through EcoConnect, non-STEM faculty will be able to acquire skills and the tools to incorporate climate change education to support student learning.

Objective

Our project takes a holistic approach to developing CCE and the interconnectedness of ecologies attendant to emotions, values, and actions.  It aims to support faculty and academic staff in developing skills and the ability to integrate CCE into their courses to support student learning.

Output

Our innovation - EcoConnect – seeks to build a toolkit containing CCE teaching methods, workshops, and a website.  Through EcoConnect, non-STEM faculty will be able to acquire skills and the tools to incorporate climate change education to support student learning and assessment, such as agency, adaptability, and problem-solving skills on climate change/sustainability.