ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Teacher Education
A teacher's experience in enacting the knowledge-building approach to teaching about climate change
Provisionally accepted
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Tee Meng Yew*- Universiti Malaya Faculty of Education, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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This paper investigates how a science teacher in a Maldivian secondary school used the Knowledge Building (KB) approach for the first time to support student learning on climate change. The study used a qualitative case study design. The results show that the teacher first found it difficult to change from a conventional, teacher-centred approach to a knowledge-building-oriented one. But by means of reflective practice, she progressively changed her function by stimulating student thought, promoting the externalization of ideas, and applying digital technologies like Padlet to assist knowledge visibility and cooperation. Though struggling with inquiry facilitation, idea development, and time management, the instructor created a KB culture by changing her classroom methods, encouraging student autonomy, and handling KB-related responsibilities. It helps to grasp the intricacies of implementing knowledge-building pedagogy in climate change education and provides consequences for assisting teachers in changing their instructional methods to handle complicated, real-world problems.
Keywords: Climate Change, climate change education, Complex problem, knowledge building, teacher experience
Received: 02 Sep 2025; Accepted: 05 Dec 2025.
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