Abstract
The article focuses on the teachers’ learning, based on the mechanics and teaching of environmental justice, while their collective sensemaking in adapting an elementary science lesson is emphasized as ethical decision-making with members of local community. The article provides ideas and inspiration for teacher preparation programs to integrate and enhance environmental justice connections within their own courses.
Keywords: Teacher preparation program; professional development; K–2; NGSS; systems and system models; cooperative groups; field trips/field study; Earth and human activity; Earth systems/weather; environmental change; physical changes; scale; proportion; quantity
Core Idea: Lessons for preservice teachers on environmental justice, including climate justice, and climate change.
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00368148.2025.2533888
Reference: Bautista, J., & Davis, E. A. (2025). Should We…? Embracing justice-oriented climate education in elementary science teacher preparation. Science and Children, 62(5), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/00368148.2025.2533888