University of Helsinki Science Education, a part of LUMA Centre Finland, and the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) are again organizing the international Teachers’ Climate Change Forum 2024 (TCCF). The hybrid event is a chance for continuous professional development for teachers at all levels of education.
Teachers’ Climate Change Forum is about climate science, climate education, and the connection between these two domains. This year, the Teachers’ Climate Change Forum will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2024 as a hybrid event.
– Collaboration between scientists and teachers is important in climate change education. It has been our pleasure to organize this forum together with the INAR scientists since the year 2017. Together we are more! says the founder and director of the forum, Professor Maija Aksela from LUMA Centre Finland, University of Helsinki.
Morning sessions are on-site in Hyytiälä Forest Station, where there is hands-on work with teachers. Afternoon sessions are hybrid so that everyone can attend also online. There is a possibility to create hubs outside Finland where local teachers can attend the forum together, meet each other, and discuss afternoon workshop topics. You can also choose to attend only the virtual event in the mornings.
Registration for remote participation is now open. The registration fee is 24.80€. The program for remote participants is on Monday, September 2. from 14:30 to 16:30 and on Tuesday 3.9. from 12:00 to 16:00.
Read more about the program and register through this link.
Online program
Monday September 2nd at 14.00–16.30
Keynote lectures and group discussions on-site and remotely
Chair, Professor Maija Aksela, online moderator Julia Friedrichsen, University of Helsinki
- Co-designing for innovative climate change education, Professor Ying-Shao Hsu, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Dr. Ying-Shao Hsu’s (M.S., Ph.D.) primary research interests include socio-scientific issues (SSI) learning, technology-infused science education, curriculum design, metacognition, and STEM education. She specializes in developing SSI-based curricula and investigating scaffolds that improve students’ decision-making and metacognition in SSI contexts.
- Insights to Hyytiälä Living Lab research: Climate impacts of sustainable wood constructions, Professor Pasi Puttonen, University of Helsinki. Wooden buildings as a learning environment, Professor Tuula Jyske, University of Helsinki
- Climate education networks, University Lecturer Laura Riuttanen, University of Helsinki
- Climate mobilities education: The power of art-science-school collaboration in Finland and Greece, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Vilhemiina Vainikka, Tampere University
Tuesday September 3rd at 12.00–16.00
- Visioning sustainable futures through creative methods, Hybrid workshop, Postdoctoral Researcher Anna Lehtonen, University of Jyväskylä
- Oranssi Lumi – an exploratory journey through atmospheric events, Ana Álvarez Piedehierro, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Teaching and learning climate-related issues in discipline-based upper secondary school through project-based learning, Professor Jari Lavonen, University of Helsinki
- Closing discussion, Professor Maija Aksela, University of Helsinki
