Elevers inställning till klimatundervisning. Hur undervisningen kan främja motivation och intresse.

Abstract

There is a drastic human-induced change in the Earth's climate, which is having, and will continue to have, significant consequences for nature and human society. The Swedish upper secondary school's biology education has the task of educating students about climate change and its consequences. This literature review investigates students' current level of interest and motivation to learn about the climate issue and how teaching can be structured to increase students' interest and motivation for the topic. The method used was a database search in Scopus, ERIC, and ERC, resulting in 22 articles that were used in the analysis to answer the research questions. The results show that only a few studies investigate students' interest and motivation, and these studies have conflicting results. Several teaching methods are identified as beneficial for promoting students' motivation, interest or both of them. To foster interest and motivation, teaching should engage students and allow them to find their own solutions, visualize climate problems and give students a personal experience of climate issues, connect climate education to students' own lives and reality, and provide students with opportunities for action to make a difference on the issue.