Faculty Publications

Teaching about Local Climates, Global Climate, and Climatic Change

Document Type

Article

Keywords

climate, climate and climate change, climatic change, Wicked problems

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Geography

Volume

122

Issue

6

First Page

155

Last Page

162

Abstract

The basics of climate must be understood to have a climate literate populace. Understanding climatic change is a wicked problem. This work identifies three foundational content challenges to climate and climate change education, discusses them thoroughly, and offers graphics and conceptual models to address this content in the classroom. The three concepts covered are: 1) conflation between weather and climate, 2) understanding the differences among spatial and temporal scales of climate, and 3) distinguishing between natural climate variability and human-driven climatic change. The goal of this work is to offer science-based pathways for teaching important concepts in climate change education.

Department

Department of Geography

Original Publication Date

1-1-2023

DOI of published version

10.1080/00221341.2023.2284390

This document is currently not available here.

Published Version

Comments?

Share

COinS