Eco-Friendly Pedagogies For STEM Education: A Review

Abstract

Higher education institutions typically employ teaching methods that are demands of successful learning in a society that is always learning. Throughout history, changing people's awareness, concerns, and attitudes through education has proven an effective strategy for combating social, economic, and sustainable development challenges. The study analyzes the secondary literature from the Scopus, Springer Link, and Google Scholar databases. For this, the articles were selected using keywords, and the range was from 2015 to 2023. For this purpose, N=292 research articles were analyzed by following inclusion and exclusion criteria. The Prisma flow chart (Liberati et al., 2014) was implemented to objectively scrutinize the papers from the source. The study results reveal that there is dearth of use of ecofriendly pedagogies for skills and competencies development. Skills should be developed among young learners with the help of eco-friendly teaching approaches for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by implementing project-based learning, field trips, and the use of 3R-based activities for sustainability, nurturing young minds, empowering entrepreneurs, and working collectively for sustainable future. It is recommended that teachers, policymakers, management, and government bodies should implement the polices to ensure teaching and learning should be based on the ideology of the amalgamation of environmental protection, social justice, and economic vitality to build communities that are not only sustainable for the present but also for future generations.