Designing and development practical model for climate change education

Shaho Karami¹ Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri,² Hamidreza Jafari,³ Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi⁴ Golafarin Zare⁵

1) PhD student in Environmental Education, PNU University, Tehran, Iran
2) Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3) Department of Environmental Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4) Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5) PhD student in Environmental Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Publication : 2nd International Conference on Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management and Sustainable Environment(2cauem.com)
Abstract :
Today climate change has become a primary concern of scholars in the natural sciences, particularly climatologists and the environmentalists. In the future, improving environmental education will be an essential task for dealing with climate change effects for most of the developing countries. In this study, the ‘proper use of water’ education is considered as a field of environmental education. The students are key persons in dealing with the effects of climate change on water resources so they should be educated and trained for adaptation to it. In order to enable the students develop their environmental literacies, the authors of the paper collaborating with the teachers to develop a plan for learner-centered on integrated subjects’ map of education for the water consumption. The participants were 18 teachers and 254 students from 4 primary schools in Tehran. After receiving the opinions of the participants, the practical model was designed and study conducted in the five steps. This Project had been able to promote responsibilities as well as cultivate intrinsic environmental literacies among the students.
Keywords : Environmental Education Climate Change Education Practical Plan Effects.