Place-Based STEM Education for Sustainability: A Path towards Socioecological Resilience

Martín Bascopé and Kristina Reiss
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Martín Bascopé: Centro UC de Desarrollo Local, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica 4930000, Chile
Kristina Reiss: TUM School of Education, Technical University of Munich, 80335 Munich, Germany

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: This article analyzes STEM projects conducted in eight schools with children from 4 to 10 years old in southern Chile. The main purpose of the study was to describe and analyze how these projects can affect students’ and educators’ attitudes and create community capacities to tackle local socioecological challenges. We used an ethnographic design with an intentioned coding process of interviews and participant observations to summarize one year of collaborative and transdisciplinary project building. The results describe the main attitudinal changes of teachers and students and give evidence on how these projects create new links and foster collaborations with local actors and organizations that are usually sidelined from educational experiences. Examples of meaningful learning experiences to tackle sustainability challenges were systematized and shared, to inspire new initiatives, raise new voices, and promote active participation of the new generations to foster socioecological resilience.

Keywords: place-based education; STEM education; education for sustainability; socioecological resilience; project-based learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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