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I wrote the other day about Michael Young (and others) who introduced the notion of powerful knowledge which they argued can enable students to move beyond their own experiences.  This debate is an active one in Scotland where its Curriculum for Excellence is...

Another example of the mainstream media becoming interested in environmental / sustainability education comes from the Spectator website where an article by Joanna William asks: Who allowed Dale Vince’s climate curriculum to take over schools? This is how it begins: Recently,...

A few years ago, Michael Young (and others) introduced the notion of powerful knowledge. This they argued, is something that ... "can enable students to acquire knowledge that takes them beyond their own experiences” (Young et al., 2014, p. 7)....

Verbotspartei "A Brahmin caste of sanctimonious puritans who like to ban things for the pure joy of prohibition" Remind you of anyone or anything? Sensitivity readers perhaps?  Hanif Kureishi thinks so, saying recently that they get turned on and excited...

Given the state we are in, and what we want to achieve, the answer to this question surely ought to be known by everyone who thinks that they are paying attention: What proportion of the UK's total energy usage now...

Thanks to NAEE's recent news round up for alerting me to a forthcoming Westminster Education Forum policy conference.  The focus is: Next steps for green and climate change education in England.  Details here. It's the usual  formula: [i] a couple of...

According to LabourLife, the party has published its not quite a manifesto for the election they hope to win in 2024.  It's a prelude, a first draft, long (wish) list, a blueprint.  It's full of statements that fall short of...

I wrote the other day about celebrity and conservation; about dogoodery, the liberal conscience, and the ignorance that sometimes informs it.  It took me back to a chapter that Paul Vare and I wrote in our 2018 book: The World...

Good news from the Free Speech Union this morning.  The FSU confirms ... "In a major victory for free speech on campus, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill got over the final hurdle in the House of Lords on...

Whenever hunting gets discussed in parliament, rationality tends to be smothered by emotion.  Such was again to be seen as the House of Commons passed a bill banning the imports of hunting trophies, against expert advice from conservationists. As The...