{"id":7848,"date":"2021-04-05T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T08:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2021-04-05T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T08:27:49","slug":"learning-about-the-climate-the-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2021\/04\/05\/learning-about-the-climate-the-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning about the climate: the curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I've already noted<\/em>, earlier in the year I gave a talk to a group of PGCE geography students. \u00a0I did this from home, of course, using a rather slick platform that I never quite learned the name of.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the talk, I set out what I thought about a number of issues to do with climate, environment and the curriculum. \u00a0I did this so that the students could see my thinking and assumptions about the issues. \u00a0I stressed that they did not have to accept what I thought, but that there was an imperative on them to have their own views on these topics. \u00a0I confined myself to 5 topics which were: The Earth; Young people; Schools; Curriculum organisation; Curriculum progression. \u00a0This is what I said about the curriculum:<\/p>\n

Curriculum organisation<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The national curriculum only goes so far and in a piecemeal manner<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The elements of the EYFS (exploring \/ active learning \/ creating & thinking critically) embody environmental education<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Good primary science & geography is good environmental education<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Collaboration between geography and science teachers is vital, but don\u2019t forget the arts<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Space and time are needed for a rounded and deep treatment of issues<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Exploratory pedagogies will help<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>General and\/or citizenship studies may have to be reinvented<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>There are lots of external organisations who might work with you<\/div>\n

Curriculum progression<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Always start with awe and wonder about the world<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Work outwards from home & school to locality, country and world<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Connect with nature; 1st hand experience is always important, as is practical activity<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Shift from awareness to knowledge to understanding to argument<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Move from what is (and how we know) to what might happen, to what we might do<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Always treat issues as controversial if they are<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Deal with complex issues in a nuanced, age-appropriate way<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Be honest and open and admit to uncertainty where it exists<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Be up-front about values and value conflicts<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
There's so much more to say, of course, but these were enough for a couple of powerpoint slides.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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