Course of human geography with climate change point of view
- City of Oulu, Finland, Upper Secundary School for Adults (laura.hallanoro@eduouka.fi)
Climate change is an important theme which is addressed in many subjects nowadays in Finnish curriculum. Young people are also very worried about and interested in climate change. Understanding causes and effects of climate change is important as well is thinking about different ways to make a difference, what could be done and who should be doing it. Sustainable development is one important way of making the change towards cooler planet.
I planned and held an online course of human geography with climate change point of view as part of a project Climate Change to Upper Secondary Schools. In this project three online courses were planned: 1,5 Degrees Life Skills for Young People, Human Geography (“in Climate Change Marinade”) and Climate Knowledge. The idea of online courses was to increase important future skills like critical thinking, problem solving, influencing the society, which would give strength to young people on their way to a better future. My course Human Geography was the only one evaluated with a grade and directed only to older upper secondary school students. The other courses were evaluated only as approved or failed and they were open also to younger secondary school students.
In my Human Geography course we studied the basics of human geography so that in every topic, were it population changes or natural resources, also how it is linked to climate change, was considered. Also, assignments that students did were linking together climate change and the topic studied.
During the time of corona pandemic part of students got accustomed to studying independently online, and interest in studying this way has increased. This is why, at least in Finland, online courses in schools seem to become more and more common. They are also cheap way to provide studying possibilities in a country where we have lot of small villages great distances apart one another.
In my poster I’ll describe what kind of course my Human Geography was and how it was accomplished.
How to cite: Hallanoro, L.: Course of human geography with climate change point of view, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-7278, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7278, 2023.
