Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education

Jennifer Kreps Frisch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.Daniel Mason Alston is an Associate Professor in the Cato College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, and the director for the Charlotte Teaching Fellows Program.Allan Feldman is Emeritus Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at the University of South Florida, USA.Rita Hagevik is Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Science Education in the Biology Department at UNC-Pembroke, USA.Michelle Schpakow is the Science Education Lecturer for Monmouth University’s School of Education, USA.

• 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