Is science education proactive or reactive with respect to humanitarian aid? The place of the military and climate change
Is science education proactive or reactive with respect to humanitarian aid? The place of the military and climate change
Author(s): John OversbySubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, State/Government and Education, Health and medicine and law, Environmental interactions, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: science education; humanitarian aid; climate change; disasters;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I will focus on the human induced need for humanitarian aid, in particular, dis asters created by climate change caused by humans, and military conflict caused by humans. These can largely be avoided beforehand, although I do not underestimate the political will needed to do so. I point to international rules and procedures for humanitarian aid in times of armed conflict and natural disasters. Underlying the issues is a sense of injustice in the causes of military and climate change action, involving ethical considerations. Generally, these are not a focus in secondary school sciences curricula.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia ad Didacticam Biologiae Pertinentia
- Issue Year: XII/2022
- Issue No: I
- Page Range: 3-6
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English