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The school climate strikes: what does the research say?
Hear from education researchers about how the school strikes are challenging education to keep up with youth climate learning and activism.
Since 2018, young people from around the world have been striking from school to push political leaders to do more about the climate crisis. While youth climate activism has a long history, walking out of school has changed the dynamics.听
Join us in the lead up to the March 25th听听to launch the special issue of the听Australian Journal of Environmental Education听on the school strikes for climate.听Hear from environmental education researchers 鈥� including Australian听听leaders 鈥� about how the school strikes are challenging education to keep up with youth climate learning and activism.听
In this launch event, we鈥檒l explore questions such as:
- Why are students still striking and why does it matter?
- What are young people learning when they strike for climate justice?听
- What challenges do they face when doing this work?听
- What are the implications of this movement for education?
You can find the听听丑别谤别.
This event was presented online on Tuesday 22 March 2022.
Speakers
听is a science and environmental education senior lecturer at Deakin University, and Editor of the听Australian Journal of Environmental Education.听Her听current research follows three narratives: science and biology education; sustainability, environmental, and climate change education; and collaborative/activist methodology and research.
听is completing her PhD in anticolonial climate and place-responsive education, and teaches at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education. She is the co-guest editor of this special issue on the school climate strikes.
Blanche Verlie is a climate change educator and researcher, and guest editor of this special issue on the school strikes in the听Australian Journal of Environmental Education.听Blanche is currently completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Sydney Environment Institute.
Jean Hinchliffe听is a 18-year-old climate justice activist and an organiser within School Strike 4 Climate.
Niamh O鈥機onnor-Smith, is a climate activist and recently graduated high school student, who became involved in School Strike for Climate organising in April 2019.
Harriet O鈥橲hea-Carre, is a 16-year-old environmental activist and co-initiator of the SS4C (School Strike for Climate) movement in Australia.
Varsha Yajman听is an 18-year-old university student who is an organiser for School Strike for Climate and the current NSW Schools Coordinator for the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
听is a PhD candidate in Sociology at James Cook University. As an activist and researcher, their project explores young people鈥檚 experiences of activism and children鈥檚 political participation.
Benjamin Bowman听is Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and a member of the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with an interest in young people鈥檚 everyday lives, young activism and young people鈥檚 experiences of climate change.
Ria Bright听is a PhD candidate at the University of Waikato.
听is an Associate Professor in the Technology, Environmental, Mathematics and Science Education Research Centre (TEMS) at the University of Waikato. He teaches pre-service and in-service teacher education students in environmental and sustainability education, and science education.
听is a science communicator by education and training. Hannah is currently a Research Fellow investigating the School Strike 4 Climate movement, and working with teenagers at the intersection of activism, politics, environment and technology.
听is an educational researcher and teacher educator at Deakin University working in science and environmental education. He is interested in exploring reasoning inside and outside the classroom, in particular in its creative forms.
Chloe虂 Germaine听is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. She writes about and teaches children鈥檚 literature, culture and young people鈥檚 climate change imaginaries. Her interdisciplinary research on climate change includes studies of climate fiction and climate change board games.
听is a Senior lecturer and Campus Lead of the Cairns campus for the College of Education at Central Queensland University.
听lectures in Indigenous Studies at the Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University. Dr McDowall鈥檚 current research is in research education, focusing on the preparation of scholars to work across Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge standpoints.
听is a Senior lecturer and pre-service teacher educator based at the Bundaberg campus of Central Queensland University. Karena is currently working on multiple research projects exploring educators鈥� interpretation and implementation of global citizenship/competence in schools and classrooms.
听is an Associate Professor in Sociology at James Cook University. She researches in the area of Aboriginal activism, self-determination, and nation-building, and is particularly interested in the ways in which seemingly marginalised people exercise agency.
Amanda Tattersall听is the research and education lead at the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney and a postdoctoral fellow in Urban Geography. She is also a community organiser and social change scholar. Amanda co-founded the digital campaign group听听and founded Australia鈥檚 largest community coalition, the听, and she hosts the听.
听is currently a law student at the University of Manitoba, and she completed her research on climate justice and the Canadian climate strike movement for her Master of Arts from the University of Guelph in 2021.
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