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Stanley Fish and the line of virtue
Last November, the THE's Devil's Advocate column focused on Stanley Fish, the Milton scholar. I was reminded of the piece as I sat in the back of a primary school classroom the other day watching what was going on. In...
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People & Planet – 2009
I see that the University has slipped (again) in the Green League table – 56th this time – only getting a 2:2. What's worse, we're not only behind the usual stalwarts at Gloucestershire and Plymouth, but also trailing in the...
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There is a TIDE in the affairs of men ...
Another engaging meeting with TIDE in Birmingham on Thursday: What on earth are we thinking? This drew a large audience from schools, local authorities, NGOs, government offices, community and religious groups, FE and HE, and museums from across the west...
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Forthcoming talks and presentations
Monday 15th June; 1930 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution The Idea of a Sustainable School: dreams, hopes and realities Thursday 18th June TIDE...
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Talking with Architects
The government has a hugely ambitious goal that every school will be a 'sustainable school' by 2020, and it encourages institutions to address sustainability across all aspects of school life through: [i] what (and how) students are taught; [ii] how...
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GOSW-funded sustainable schools training programme
The University of Bath's Centre for Research in Education and the Environment [CREE] has now completed its external evaluation report of the GOSW-funded sustainable schools training programme which had been carried out by a consortium of local authorities and third...
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Learning for Sustainability from the pupils’ perspective
The recent publication from WWF: Learning for Sustainability from the pupils’ perspective reports on Chris Gayford's 3-year research with 15 schools, and raises significant issues about the skills that young people might develop and sets out ideas on the progression of...
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Judging the Effectiveness of a Sustainable School: a brief exploration of issues
This essay explores a central question for all those involved in ESD: What are you really most interested in, educational or social outcomes—what learners learn, or what they do? The paper argues that it is an issue that needs to...
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South west Learning for Sustainability Coalition
The South west Learning for Sustainability Coalition celebrated its first formal AGM (at the end of May) as a community interest company (6611726). The Coalition is an informal network of organisations and individuals who are concerned that all our learning supports...
