{"id":7065,"date":"2017-10-09T06:19:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T06:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2017-11-14T06:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T06:25:52","slug":"mon-schools-and-the-sdgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2017\/10\/09\/mon-schools-and-the-sdgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools and the SDGs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is what EAUC had to <a href=\"http:\/\/sdgaccord.org\">say<\/a> recently about universities and the SDGs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Universities and colleges recognise our unique role in fostering and empowering youth as\u00a0a force for change, and in fulfilling the urgent need for new knowledge, rigorous debate\u00a0and critical academic engagement to support the SDGs. \u00a0The SDGs can inspire our\u00a0teaching and learning with their goal of education, for all, for sustainable development. \u00a0The SDGs can be a focus for our research: this vision of a fair future for our shared planet\u00a0generates an agenda of innovation and discovery, but also scrutiny and challenge. \u00a0The\u00a0SDGs offer a catalyst for engagement beyond our institutions, with policymakers and\u00a0publics alike. \u00a0But they also provide an opportunity to turn our gaze inwards, striving for\u00a0inclusion, equity and sustainability in all aspects of our operations. \u00a0In our collaborative\u00a0endeavours towards common goals, universities and colleges embody the spirit of the\u00a0SDGs. \u00a0We recognise our potential as agents of change for sustainable development - at the heart\u00a0of local communities, and as part of national, regional, and global networks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I read this and wondered how much of this applied to schools. \u00a0A lot, you might think. \u00a0After all ...<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>don't schools have a role in fostering and empowering youth as\u00a0a force for change?<\/li>\n<li>shouldn't schools be encouraging\u00a0rigorous debate\u00a0and critical engagement to support the SDGs?<\/li>\n<li>can't schools use the SDGs to inspire teaching and learning using their goal of education, for all, for sustainable development?<\/li>\n<li>won't the SDG vision of a fair future for our shared planet\u00a0generate an agenda of innovation and discovery for schools?<\/li>\n<li>couldn't the goals also generate opportunities for scrutiny and challenge?<\/li>\n<li>isn't it the case that the SDGs\u00a0provide a catalyst for engagement beyond schools?<\/li>\n<li>might not they also provide opportunities to help schools strive for\u00a0inclusion, equity and sustainability in their operations?<\/li>\n<li>may not schools have the potential to be agents of change for sustainable development\u00a0at the heart\u00a0of local communities, and as part of national, regional, and global networks?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I thought so ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what EAUC had to say recently about universities and the SDGs: Universities and colleges recognise our unique role in fostering and empowering youth as\u00a0a force for change, and in fulfilling the urgent need for new knowledge, rigorous debate\u00a0and...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}