Upcoming Events
Webinar Viewing: Working with Climate Anxiety in the College Classroom
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Location
The Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center
Grand Valley State University
3068 James H. Zumberge Hall (JHZ)
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401
Description
Event Details
Students and faculty alike are reporting increased levels of climate anxiety. How can we work with climate anxiety in the college classroom? How can we empower our students to take action as an antidote to their despair? How can we make simple and sustainable shifts to our teaching in a way that reduces our own overwhelm? Where can we as educators find support and resources for the challenging work of teaching in the climate crisis era?
Karen Costa and Sarah Rose Cavanagh will introduce you to the latest research on climate anxiety amongst college students, provide frameworks for faculty to access support and care, and answer common questions about the practicalities of teaching and working with climate anxiety.
Who is this workshop for?
This Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP) workshop builds on skills
learned in the first series of CAP Workshops offered in the 2023-2024
academic year. That said, it is appropriate for educators who are
totally new to CAP. Wherever you are on your climate action journey,
you are welcome. All courses are climate courses. Please join us in
making this a reality. Faculty, staff, and executive leadership are
encouraged to attend.
There will be NO breakout rooms in this workshop. Participants will have opportunities to engage via the chat, or you can choose to just listen.
Learn more about CAP:
If you are interested in learning more about Climate Action
Pedagogy, you can take the self-paced course on Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP) Design
Challenge developed by Karen. The recordings of the previous three
co-working sessions are available at:
- Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP): Co-Working Session
- Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP): Co-Working Session 2
- Climate Action Pedagogy (CAP): Co-Working Session 3
About the facilitators:
Karen
Costa is an author, adjunct faculty, and faculty development
professional working to support both faculty and student success in
higher education. She specialises in online pedagogy, trauma-aware
teaching, supporting neurodivergent learners, and climate action pedagogy.
Sarah Rose Cavanagh is a psychologist, professor, and Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning at Simmons University, where she teaches classes on affective science and mental health, researches the intersections of emotion, motivation, and learning, and provides educational development for faculty.
This event has been tagged as anxiety, classroom, climate, college, ftlc, the, webinar, with, and working.
Contact
Pew FTLC
(616) 331-3498
ftlc@gvsu.edu