Today’s post is the latest in a series from Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, ran the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, launching a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. This post follows up a recent one and responds to the NAEE…
The University of Reading’s climate education action plan emphasises working in partnership to tackle what clearly is the defining crisis of our generation. The university says: “Following the Climate Education Summit, our National Climate Education Action Plan has emerged. No single organisation, or indeed government department, is able to take this agenda forward alone. Informed by…
This is the second in a number of reactions to the recently published NAEE Manifesto. It’s from Dr John Foster at Lancaster University. As ever with our blogs, what is set out here is not necessarily the view of the Association. This is a very impressive manifesto into which much careful professional thought has evidently…
Today’s post is the first in a number of reactions to the NAEE Manifesto. It is by Ben Ballin who writes regularly here. As ever, the views set out are not necessarily shared by the Association. The following are some thoughts that came freely to mind following the launch of NAEE-UK’s excellent Young People’s Learning and…
DfE has translated its sustainability and Climate Change strategy into a policy paper. Here is an updated set of comments on the strategy: University of Reading Phys.Org Independent Education Today BBC Schools Week NEU Teach the Future Sec-Ed the voice for secondary education The National Governance Association The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years…
So said Kermit the Frog, as Dan Worth reminds us at the end of his recent article for tes.com The focus of the article is the DfE’s wish (in its sustainability and climate change strategy) that all schools and nurseries should have designated sustainability leads by 2025. In exploring this, Dan Worth argues that, although…
In today’s The Conversation, Elizabeth Rushton (UCL) and Lynda Dunlop (University of York) assess how far the DfE’s new sustainability and climate change strategy aligns with what teachers and young people want. They set out five things that teachers, teacher educators and young people would like to see in schools – and how the government’s…
Questions about the boundaries of environmental education have existed since its beginnings. Here’s what the North American equivalent to NAEE says: “Environmental education is a process that helps individuals, communities, and organizations learn more about the environment, and develop skills and understanding about how to address global challenges. It has the power to transform lives…
NAEE launched its new manifesto last night to help young people meet the environmental challenges of the future. It aims to build on existing work in schools and colleges to further stimulate change in thinking and practice, and thus help to better prepare young people for the social and environmental challenges they will face through…
The optional GCSE in natural history has a key role in delivering the DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy. Here’s a selection of comments about it taken from the OCR website. Climate emergency and the steady decline of nature – Dom Higgins, Head of Health and Education at The Wildlife Trusts. Why it is imperative that…
DfE has translated its sustainability and Climate Change strategy into a policy paper. Here are a few comments so far on the strategy: University of Reading Phys.Org Independent Education Today BBC Schools Week NEU Teach the Future Sec-Ed the voice for secondary education The National Governance Association The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years…
Last week, the DfE formally announced that the Natural History GCSE proposed by OCR will go-ahead. In this post, Melissa Glackin, an NAEE Fellow, shares the response from the Environmental Education Research Group at King’s College London. This is a slightly updated post that was originally published in 2020 when OCR was consulting on its proposals. As…