English Professor Uses Board Games to Teach Climate Change
English Professor Uses Board Games to Teach Climate Change
English Professor Uses Board Games to Teach Climate Change
November 11, 2023
Summary
She never thought that one day she would be in a classroom where an English teacher asked her to play a board game in order to learn about climate change.
"I was just like: 'this is interesting. Like we're going to learn about climate change by playing a board game? Like how fun is this actually going to be, and how much are we actually going to take away from it?'".
The game is different from board games such as Monopoly, where the goal is to win.
Rosenthal said she hoped the games would give students a chance to talk about climate change in a new way.
Yousef uses a game called Climate Fresk to teach people about the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Rosenthal said some of the games she looked at would be good for students who are already good at English.
She said the games showed her that "In the game of climate change and the climate crisis, no individual wins."
Reference
English professor uses board games to teach climate change. (2023, November 11). Voice of America. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/english-professor-uses-board-games-to-teach-climate-change/7348907.html