Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education

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