In today’s post, Kate Greer and Melissa Glackin write about what counts as meaningful climate change education in schools drawing on a recently published article. As ever with our blogs, the authors’ views are not necessarily shared by the Association. Recent civil action has called for ‘more!’ climate change education but ‘more’ of what and…
Juliette Green reviews A Tiger’s Message by Martin D Hill & Marisa Morgan (illustrator) A Tiger’s Message is a beautifully colourful book that helps children learn about the wildlife of tropical rainforests, the threats that they face, and what people can do to help. At first glance, it appears to be a picture book aimed at Key Stage…
To ArtScape – verb / ArtScaper – nounTo create a response from materials and feelings in order to express new ideasTo enhance the environment in ways that delight Mayfield Primary School’s involvement with arts and wellbeing charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination started six years ago with the project called ArtScapers: an arts education programme that…
DfE Consults – The Department for Education has launched a survey to gather feedback on its Sustainability and Climate Change draft strategy. This will run until 20th February. The survey ask us which actions set out in the strategy are the most important to us and seeks our our opinions of the overall approach. This is the link. . Union Letter – At the…
In a recent post to the British Educational Research Association [BERA] blog, Lynda Dunlop and Lizzie Rushton write about the place of education in the government’s draft sustainability and climate change strategy. They begin: “Recent research on climate change education in England indicates an absence of policy and pro-environmental ambition, and obstruction in relation to…