The research project is partially funded by the Global Education Network Europe (GENE), European Educational Research Association (EERA), March 2021 – July 2022
Projects teams
The Finland team is based at the Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Finland
- Dr. Vera G. Centeno, team leader, Senior Researcher
- Santeri Sorsa, M.A., Research Assistant
The German team is based at the Chair of Foundations in Education, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany
- Dr. Susanne Ress, project leader and team leader, Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the International Master’s Program “Educational Quality in Developing Countries”
- Evi Plötz, M.A., Doctoral Researcher
- Paula Conradt, Student Aid
The Ghana & Malawi team is based at the Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Professor Nancy Kendall, team leader, Head of Department and Director of the Development Studies Program
The project started with the observation that schools are increasingly expected to equip learners with skills to address climate change and broader survival. The aim is to examine how school-based messages on climate change and environmental degradation relate to pupils’ lives, focusing among others on worldviews and sustainable development.
Sites selection and focus of the analysis:
The project examines 8th-grade textbook messages about climate and environmental change and human-earth relationships across subjects (e.g., natural sciences, social sciences, religious and ethical studies) in Ghana, Malawi, Germany, and Finland.
Methods:
Software-assisted qualitative content analysis using multi-person open and closed coding