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<p>This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their first year of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climate change was not happening, through letting students measure the potential of natural forest vegetation and compare their findings with those gathered by their peers nine years earlier. The comparison revealed that old forests had turned into ecosystems, which were adapted for dryer warmer climates.</p>
<p>For education for sustainable development, forest education and biology lessons offer the opportunity to establish a long term project, in which peer-to-peer-learning over generations of students is possible, with a high rate of acceptance of the results generated by the former students.</p>
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This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their first year of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climate change was not happening, through letting students measure the potential of natural forest vegetation and compare their findings with those gathered by their peers nine years earlier. The comparison revealed that old forests had turned into ecosystems, which were adapted for dryer warmer climates.
For education for sustainable development, forest education and biology lessons offer the opportunity to establish a long term project, in which peer-to-peer-learning over generations of students is possible, with a high rate of acceptance of the results generated by the former students.

Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education

Department of Education for Sustainable Development

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their first year of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief...

Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education

Published Online: Jul 17, 2021

Page range: 58 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2021-0005

Keywords
education for sustainable development, forest education, forest pedagogics, peer learning, climate change education, climate change denial

© 2021 Jens Hepper, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education

Published Online: Jul 17, 2021

Page range: 58 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2021-0005

Keywordseducation for sustainable development, forest education, forest pedagogics, peer learning, climate change education, climate change denial

© 2021 Jens Hepper, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
education for sustainable development, forest education, forest pedagogics, peer learning, climate change education, climate change denial