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“Green Cities:” A Panel Discussion Activity for Promoting Pre-Service Teachers’ Skills Oriented toward Environmental Education
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the potentialities of a learning module, created within an Erasmus+ project, which involved
pre-service elementary teachers in a socio-scientific scenario related to green cities. The participants were involved in a panel
discussion activity, with the main objective of discussing and reflecting on how to transform a particular city into a green city,
taking into account the perspectives of the different stakeholders. A total of 60 pre-service teachers and one teacher educator were
involved. In this case study, data were collected through a pre- and post-questionnaire, on the importance of a set of transversal
skills at a professional and personal level, two focus-group interviews, and a panel discussion analysis. The results revealed that
this activity has the potential to promote pre-service teachers’ competence to assume a holistic view of an environmental issue,
contributing to the development of their capacity to make “justified decision-making.” It also allowed pre-service teachers to
experience and reflect on new visions of science education from a learner’s perspective. These outcomings are extremely important
for helping pre-service teachers to create innovative learning contexts capable of promoting more critical, responsible, and proenvironmental active citizens.
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Green cities Pre-service teachers' education Socio-scientific issues
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Faria, C., Valente, B., Oliveira, H., & Galvão, C. (2024). “Green Cities:” A Panel Discussion Activity for Promoting Pre-Service Teachers’ Skills Oriented toward Environmental Education. Science Education International, 35(4), 322-329. https://doi.org/10.33828/sei.v35.i4.3