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…
Today’s blog is part 2 of a review by Morgan Phillips of Rutger Bregman’s Humankind – a Hopeful History. Part 1 was published a couple of days ago. At Global Action Plan, in partnership with Reboot the Future, we have been convening a group of education practitioners to respond to a question that we feel is now key to the…
Here’s an update from across the Atlantic from NAAEE. This includes: Let’s Keep Learning from Each Other: Help GEEP Reach 100 Country Profiles! GEEP is aiming high! Join our campaign to have 100 country profiles on our website by World Environment Day on June 5. We’ll feature new profiles on social media; share your story now!…
Today’s blog is part 1 of a review of by Morgan Phillips of Rutger Bregman’s Humankind a Hopeful History. Part 2 will follow in a couple of days. Whenever something challenges my assumptions and leads me to understand something in a new way, I ask myself what the implications and applications are for my work and often, my…
George Monbiot’s latest blog (also in the Guardian on May 13th) is titled: The University of Life. It’s about his discovery of environmental education: “… During the lockdown, I’ve been doing something I’ve long dreamt about: experimenting with an ecological education. I can’t claim to have found it easy, or to have got it all…
NAEE has published its obituary on Vice-President Anne Kenrick whose personal vision and benevolence gave rise to the Association’s Hugh Kenrick Bursary Scheme. This is her abiding legacy. Written by Executive Director Nina Hatch, the obituary charts the development of Anne’s interests in the natural world and environmental education, and her links with NAEE. ∫∫∫ . CJS, the Countryside…
Anne Kenrick MBE (1923 – 2020) It is with sadness that we record the passing in a care home of Mrs Anne Kenrick who has been a Vice President of the Association since 2012. In that year, and in memory of her late husband Hugh, she donated his entire charitable trust fund to benefit the…
Anglia Ruskin University is running free webinars for teachers, teaching assistants and educators. The overall theme is Changing the World One Lesson at a Time: Environmental and Sustainability Education, and each has been developed with a specific focus and will comprise three short presentations followed by the opportunity for Q&A and discussion as follows: Webinar 1: Outdoor Education Thursday…
Joanna Lindsay is the Conservation Officer for Buglife Scotland; Laura Larkin is a Conservation Officer for Buglife. They write here about the Marvellous Mud Snails project with schools in Cornwall and Scotland. The Pond Mud Snail (Omphiscola glabra) is a modest mollusc, by all standards. With its less-than glamourous name and murky brown shell that rarely…