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2018
Volume 102, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Abstract

With a recognition that both the climate crisis and ELA teaching and learning can be experiences of profound helplessness and empowered action-taking, this column describes how every teacher can “teach for the climate” and by doing so teach for the future of the planet and the well-being of future generations.

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