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  • Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education: Stories and Strategies for Confronting Complex Topics in the Science Classroom

    Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education by Kreps Frisch, Jennifer; Alston, Daniel Mason; Feldman, Allan;

    Stories and Strategies for Confronting Complex Topics in the Science Classroom

    Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 30 October 2025

    • ISBN 9781032833255
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages266 pages
    • Size 254x178 mm
    • Weight 453 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 57 Illustrations, black & white; 41 Halftones, black & white; 16 Line drawings, black & white; 12 Tables, black & white
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    Short description:

    This resource offers science educators strategies for tackling 'wicked problems' in classrooms. Contributors address complex issues like climate change, social justice, political attacks on education and more. This book is ideal for science educators as a supplement to methods courses or for professional development.

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    Long description:

    This resource offers science teachers and science teacher educators strategies for tackling 'wicked problems' in their classrooms. Contributors from across diverse PreK-12 educational contexts share how they confront and address these complex scientific or social problems. Chapters are organized into four sections: PreK-12 students, teacher candidates, in-service teachers, teacher educators. Within each, science educators discuss how they have dealt with both systemic and non-straightforward wicked problems, such as climate change, social justice, ecojustice/climate justice, white privilege, political attacks on education, economic disparity, and other socio-scientific issues. Chapters also include case studies that demonstrate how teachers broach wicked problems with their students. Ideal for science educators at all levels, this book can be a great supplement to any methods course covering science topics, or useful for professional development for in-service teachers who desire to learn more about how to attend to, maneuver and grapple with teaching controversial or complex science topics. The Editors and Contributors cultivate and encourage important conversation around complex scientific problems that will inspire educators to address and navigate the complexities of wicked problems in their teaching practices.


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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction  Part 1: PreK-12 Students  1. Nature-Based Learning and Supportive Learning Environments: A Pathway to Climate Change Education and Social Justice  2. School STEAM Garden-Based Learning Empowering Students to BEE Environmental Ambassadors  3. Addressing Wicked Problems Using Multiple Models  4. Creating Environmental Impact Statements as a Tool to Improve Student Understanding of Complex Ecological and Environmental Issues  5. Building Perceptional Progression Among Adolescents Concerning Climate Impacted Coastal Resilience in Economically Divergent Communities  Part 2: Inservice Teachers  6. Understanding the Impact of a Contentious Sociopolitical Landscape on Science Teachers’ Practice and Well-Being  7. “This Isn’t A Crime, This Is Science”: How Carceral Logics have Manifested In Science Education  8. Addressing Gender Inequity Through Sexual and Reproductive Health Education: An Indian Perspective  9. Teaching About the Wicked Problem of Global Climate Change in Secondary Science  10. Building District-Level Capacity in the Development and Implementation of NGSS-Aligned, Justice-Centered Curriculum  Part 3: Teacher Candidates  11. “Yeah, that’s racist”: Reflections and Learnings from a Justice-Oriented Lesson Gone Wrong  12. Utilizing Model-Eliciting Wicked Problems in STEM Teacher Education: A Path from Learning to Serving  13. Cultural Contexts and Global Challenges: Integrating Science and Social Sciences in Omani Teacher Preparation Programs  14. We Make the Road by Walking: Supporting Science Teacher Candidates’ Moves Toward Justice-Oriented Teaching and Learning  Part 4: Science Teacher Educators  15. Developing an Ecological Worldview for Teacher Candidates Through Authoring Children’s Science Stories  16. Be Like Fungi: Mycorrhizal Pedagogy  17. Addressing Power in the Collaborative Design Process while Building Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Energy Independence in the Arctic  18. Tackling Wicked Problems through Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Codesign  19. Transdisciplinary Pedagogies in Pre-Service Teacher Preparation to Address Wicked Problems  20. Wicked Orientations in Teacher Preparation: The Complexity of Cultivating Anti-Racist Science Teachers            

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