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How diverse are school eco-clubs?
I'm not aware of any data on the diversity of school eco-clubs / groups / etc. Obviously this will vary somewhat from region to region and from school to school, but my educated guess of a national picture, assuming that...
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A climate-literate person ...
I wrote the other day about the lack of a definition by the RMetS of 'climate literacy'. I was wrong, it seems (thanks to all those with better memories than me for pointing it out). RMetS said what it means...
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Three Cheers from the DfE
If you've seen NAEE's most recent weekly news round up, you'll have read about a synthesis report published by the Royal Meteorological Society [RMetS]. It confirms what we all knew: that there are many opportunities for climate change education within the...
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Curriculum for Exc.....
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...
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Dale Vince and the Curriculum
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,...
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Powerful Knowledge and the Curriculum
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)....
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Word of the Week
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...
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A renewable question
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...
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Next Steps at the Westminster Forum
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...
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Not quite a manifesto
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...
