As a future educator, our role is to teach students the terminology and mathematics behind climate change. We need to show students the importance of climate change and motivate them to be concerned/interested in continuing to study and try to understand what climate change/environmental sustainability is and what we can do to prevent it from worsening. Conversations regarding climate change need to take place within groups of people who understand mathematics and post-normal science in order to understand the complexity, uncertainty and risks associated.
I’m uncertain if this idea is realistic, I wholeheartedly believe that a change needs to happen in traditional mathematics. It is currently not helping to appropriately shape our future generations or even explore concepts of important issues, such as climate change as discussed in this article. As a society, we need to be able to change the traditional way mathematics is taught; to show the importance and have conversations about climate change.
When I say that this is not realistic, I mean that traditions are hard to break, and many people are stuck in their ways. I think the fate of our world is diminishing unless a change is made.
In our times, global climate change is, in my opinion, a topic that is not largely discussed but needs to be. I believe it should be a topic in high school mathematics as it is crucial to understand the mathematics that form the basis of environmental sustainability. Students need to use the real data and figures to understand how to read them and to learn about possible ways to slow down the process as I don't believe it is possible to completely stop or reverse the effects that have already come to play. Students need to be given the tools in order for them to have appropriate conversations about climate change and to take effective actions.
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