In the next few weeks Teach the Future Scotland will be launched. This will be led by a group of students across Scotland and supported by Scottish Youth Climate Strike (SYCS) and NUS Scotland. Meanwhile, they have written to John Swinney MSP the cabinet secretary for Education in the Scottish Parliament asking for an economic recovery that creates green jobs and improves the mental…
Every edition of Green Teacher comes with a number of open-access articles in addition to those that are restricted to members. The February 2020 edition [ Vol 122 ] contained the following two articles: Changing the Face of Science — Shattering Stereotypes and Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM. By Kyle Walsh This begins: The…
CJS, the Countryside Jobs Service, has published a focus on environmental education and outdoor activities. This sets out accounts of the work of a wide variety of organisations, including NAEE, and is downloadable as a pdf. ∫∫∫ . Teach the Future is organising an open letter to the Chancellor from its organisational supporters. The letter in support of its case for education to…
Today’s blog comes from the Wild Awake project which is a not for profit social enterprise. Its purpose is to develop and provide learning which inspires change towards a more sustainable planet, and support people to live healthy and happy lives which respect natural limits. It achieves this through providing learning which reconnects people with the natural…
NAEE has worked with COBIS – the Council of British International Schools – over the past few months to develop and then judge the 2020 COBIS Eco Film Awards. This encouraged students in COBIS member schools to make videos about the work they were doing in their schools [i] to learn about environmental and sustainability issues, and [ii]…
NAEE worked with COBIS – the Council of British International Schools – over the past few months to develop and then judge the 2020 COBIS Eco Film Awards. This encouraged students in COBIS member schools to make videos about the work they were doing in their schools [i] to learn about environmental and sustainability issues, and [ii] to…
Every edition of Green Teacher comes with a number of open-access articles in addition to those that are restricted to members. The Fall 2019 2020 edition [ Vol 121 ] contained the following two articles: Escape the Mundane By Matt Downs Creating a digital escape room to engage students This begins: As a science educator, I…
NAEE was pleased to receive an honourable mention for its curriculum guides at the launch of the consultation for the OCR Natural History GCSE. The guides’ careful analysis of the way that the national curriculum provides opportunities for the study of environmental and ecological issues was described as “brilliant work”. If you’ve not come across these, you…
Today’s post is by Elsa Lee of the University of Cambridge who sits on OCR’s advisory board for its proposed GCSE in Natural History. I had the pleasure of representing NAEE in a discussion about the proposals from OCR to introduce Natural History as a new optional subject at GCSE. The initiative is the brainchild…
Turning learning inside out The Department for Education’s COVID-19 guidance on implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings recommends considering which lessons or classroom activities could take place outdoors. As a result, the organisations involved in helping schools take teaching and learning beyond the classroom have united to help schools by enabling high-quality learning experiences in…