Justice-Oriented Science Teaching and Learning

Introduction: A Futures Approach to Science Education: Centering Justice in Anchoring Phenomena.- Part I:Pollution and Health Disparities.- Unhealthy Harvest: How Polluted Fish Undermine Indigenous Health and Food Security.- Pellagra: The Epidemic That Did Not Have to Happen.- Airborne Inequity: Hurricane’s Transportation of Pollutants in Cancer Alley.- Low Country Chemical Spills: A Medical, Environmental, and Ethical Examination.- How and Why Big Tobacco Targets Vulnerable Communities.- Health Equity in a Microscopic World: Infectious Diseases and Access to Healthcare.- Part II: Climate Change and Natural Disasters.- Can Wildfires be Fought with AI Tools?: Anchoring Phenomenon for Justice Oriented Earth Science Teaching.- Why Is It So Hot Here?: Using Community Science Data Talks to Launch Learning About the Urban Heat Island Effect.- Learning from Climate Crises: How Monsoon Disasters in North India Turns Local Ecosystems into Classrooms of Justice.- How the Eruption of Mt. Tambora Shaped Present-day Missouri: The Impact of Climate Events on Human Migration.- Navigating Sea-Level Rise: Assessing the Impact on Norfolk Virginia and Crafting Equitable Solutions for Vulnerable Communities.-The Science of Sinkholes: Uncovering Connections Between Chemistry Earth Science Human Activity and Social Justice.- Climate Justice in the Concrete Jungle: Exploring Urban Heat Islands and Equity.- Part III:Resource Management and Environmental Impact.- Why the Great Salt Lake is Becoming the Not-So Great Salt Lake: Drying Up and Causing Harm.- Who Gets to Swim in the Hudson?: Exploring Human Impact on the Hudson River Over Time and Space.- Is Access to Clean Reliable Water a Guarantee?: How Climate Change Affects Water Accessibility in Local Contexts.- Plastic Pollution: What Happens to the Plastics We Use Every Day?.- The World Needs Phosphates but Who is Going to Pay the Price?.- Part IV:Social Equity and Technology in Science.- Beyond the Binary: Sex Verification Testing of Athletes.-Why Did the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Happen and How Did it Affect People?.- Future of Food: Cultured Meat for Environmental and Social Justice.- The Dangerous Use of X-ray Fluoroscopy on African Mine Workers.- Meeting Energy Needs.

• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2025
• Autor/Autorin: David Steele
• Reihe: Education (R0)
• Format: E-Book
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• Verlag: SPRINGER
• Sprache: Englisch
• Umfang: 350 Seiten
• ISBN: 9783031762970
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