Rubber ducks to ecological citizenship: a review of practitioner-oriented research on ecological issues in the social studies-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Rubber ducks to ecological citizenship: a review of practitioner-oriented research on ecological issues in the social studies

Published:2020-09-17 Issue:3 Volume:15 Page:261-275
ISSN:1933-5415
Container-title:Social Studies Research and Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:SSRP

Author:

Zackary Seitz R.^ORCID

Abstract

PurposeThe world is facing unprecedented potential disaster with the impending climate crisis. Research within social studies education surrounding the integration of ecological issues, while still on the fringes, has seen a recent surge. This is a review of practitioner-oriented research published in the last ten years on teaching these issues in social studies classes.Design/methodology/approachThis study reviews practitioner-oriented articles on teaching ecological issues in social studies classes. The author searched databases and did a manual review using specific search terms. The author’s first level of analysis was to analyze the year of publication, whether the article was (co) written by a practicing teacher and whether the article featured a lesson plan/resources. The author then analyzed the content/focus of each article.FindingsIn total, ten articles were (co)written by a practicing teacher, 23 articles included lesson plans and the article themes could fall into one of six themes (water issues, pollution, climate change, climate activism, sustainability and economic growth and ecological citizenship/ethics).Research limitations/implicationsThe author was unable to review one year of articles from the Ohio Social Studies Review due to the COVID-19 pandemic and only having remote institutional access to library materials.Originality/valueIn reviewing the practitioner-oriented articles, the author hopes to not only strengthen the curricular justifications for teaching these issues in social studies classes but also show what research has been done and provide critiques and show what could be done in the future.

Publisher

Emerald

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