In the early 1860s John Tyndall discovered the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide (Chivers, D. 2011). Since that time, scientists from the fields of educational, political and philosophical ideologies with different points of view have appeared Hicks, D. (2007). Some of these scientists call for urgent support to address climate change Chivers, D. (2011). While on the other hand another claims to downplay the importance of the climate change situation Chivers, D. (2011). These conflicts have sparked an increasing number of debates among scientists. This has caused the birth of new studies, articles, research and an approach called sustainability education. (Thomas et al. (2007) identified in Hicks, D. (2007). The relationship between recent debates on climate change and sustainability education is quite complicated. In this essay, I will examine the relationship from an educational perspective between sustainability education and recent climate change debates in two phases. First, I will examine the influence of recent climate change debates on sustainability education. Then, I will mention the effects of sustainability education on recent debates recent debates on climate change have had huge effects on sustainability. And here I will only look at the educational aspect, but firstly I will define sustainability education means that education for sustainable development enables pupils to develop knowledge, skills , understanding and values to participate in decisions about how we do things individually and collectively, both locally and globally, that will improve the quality of life now without harming the planet in the future. There are opportunities for pupils to develop their knowledge... the middle of the paper... will appear, and vice versa. References:1. Tyndall, J (1861), "On the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours, and on the physical connection of radiation, absorption and conduction" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol 151, Part I.2. Chivers, D. (2011) 'Switching off denial: a guide' in New Internationalist, 442, May, pp14-21. Link: http://www.newint.org/features/2011/05/01/guide-to-climate-change-denial-debunking-climate-skeptic-myths/3. Hegarty, K. et al (2011) Insights into the value of a “stand-alone” course for sustainability education in environmental education research, 17:4, 451-469. Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2010.5479314. Hicks, D. (2007) Sustainability education: how we should tackle climate change 29 July 2011, pp1-10 Link: http://www.teaching4abetterworld.co.uk/docs/download4.pdf
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