Full Description
This open access book presents peer-reviewed chapters that introduce the subject of climate change within formal and informal sectors of education in Africa, as key to building the capacity of current and future generations to address the most pressing global issue.
An insight into existing practices, perceptions, and prospects for climate change education in Africa can bring to light relevant frameworks that can support a climate-resilient future in the continent.
Among others, the book contends that there is a need to rethink current practices of climate change education in the continent by optimizing Indigenous knowledge systems and context-relevant pedagogies as important strategies.
Governments, civil society, and other stakeholders in Africa can draw on the rich insights captured in this book as they consider feasible approaches to resolve the current climate crisis.
Contents
Climate change education in Africa: Setting the scene.- Why Education Matters for a Climate-Resilient Africa.- Bridging Generations Using Climate Change Education in African Early Years to Tertiary Levels.- Conceptual Premises for Climate Change Adaptation Education in African Universities.- ICT-enabled climate change education and adaptation in Africa.- Pedagogical considerations for climate change education in Africa.- Valuation of High-Level Climate Change Education Discourse in Africa. Evidence-Based Insights for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management.- Gender and climate change education in Sub-Saharan Africa as the missing component in climate change adaptation for an effective management of natural resources.- Farmers' Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and the Role of Environmental Awareness and Education: A Review on Africa.- State Capabilities and Youth Climate Change Education.- Antecedents of climate change literacy in Sub Sahara Africa.- Critical thinking in sustainable business: Examining pragmatic and ethical issues for supporting biodiversity (eco-centrism) in business education.- Climate Change Education through Agroecology Curricula in Sierra Leone.- Indigenizing Education for Climate Management in Cameroon.- Challenges and opportunities for climate change literacy in Botswana: A critical review.- Climate Change Education in West Africa: Prospects and Problems.- Climate Change Education in African Higher Education Institutions: Insights into Current Practices and Future Directions.
