Global challenges need attention now: educating humanity for wellness and sustainability

K Tobin, K Alexakos - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021 - Springer
This Editorial sets the stage for 18 papers on the theme, Contemplative inquiry, wellbeing
and science education. The special issue consists of a diverse set of papers that …

Facing the grand challenges through heuristics and mindfulness

M Powietrzynska, K Tobin, K Alexakos - Cultural Studies of Science …, 2015 - Springer
We address the nature of mindfulness and its salience to education generally and to science
education specifically. In a context of the historical embeddedness of mindfulness in …

Connecting science education to a world in crisis

K Tobin - Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2015 - brill.com
Even though humanity faces grand challenges, including climate change, sustainability of
the planet and its resources, and well-being of humans and other species, for the past 60 …

Collaborating on global priorities: Science education for everyone—any time and everywhere

K Tobin - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016 - Springer
Building on the key ideas from Dana Zeidler's paper I expand the conversation from the
standpoint that the challenges facing humanity and the capacity of Earth to support life …

Science education for a better world? Reflections on embodiment, language and sensitive action

L Colucci-Gray - … and Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The STEPWISE framework (Science & Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing
for Individuals, Societies & Environments) takes a radical overhaul of traditional aims of …

Expanding our views of science education to address sustainable development, empowerment, and social transformation

WC Kyle Jr - Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract On 25 September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, which took
effect 1 January 2016, to transform the world to better meet human needs and the …

The Anthropocene as we know it: Posthumanism, science education and scientific literacy as a path to sustainability

S Jeong, B Sherman, DJ Tippins - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021 - Springer
As products of the Anthropocene, the epoch of human ecological impact, models of
environmental and social sustainability have been rooted in humanism, centering human …

Sustainability science education: our animalistic response-ability

KM Bateman, D Steele, CM Sexton - Cultural studies of science education, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we craft a dialogue between “The Anthropocene as we know it: posthumanism,
science education and scientific literacy as a path to sustainability,” by Sophia Jeong …

Scientific literacies for change making: equipping the young to tackle current societal challenges

G Tasquier, E Knain, A Jornet - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dealing with the threatening challenges and profound changes that characterise our era
requires the development of knowledge and skills to navigate the uncertainty and complexity …

Humanizing science education, wellness and a more just world

R Elmesky - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021 - Springer
This manuscript urges us, individually and as a collective, to revive the soul of science
education, making it a transformative, empowering, socially just and humanizing experience …