Here are some of the papers being presented at the September TEESNet conference. We notice that a focus on the SDGs is outweighing that on ESD which is to be expected and a welcome sign. A focus on GC/GL persists, however, with little discernible interest in EE even though the Goals do require a focus on…
Henry McGhie, Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology at Manchester Museum (part of the University of Manchester) is undertaking a study, funded by the British Ecological Society, that aims to help strengthen and develop UK natural sciences collections as a research-useful infrastructure in support of nature conservation and ecological research. The methodology draws on Prof Bill…
Here’s a further set of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Network for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy and practice in these areas: The…
Here’s a round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Network for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy and practice in these areas: Nature…
Ben Ballin comments on a recent report from a research project that he was involved in at a Special School in Birmingham where he worked with teacher-researchers to try to understand the contribution of global learning to the wellbeing and mental health of young people aged 11–19 with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Our headline finding is that,…
The latest Green Teacher (Vol 116) has been published. Here are the contents: Maskwi’omin: A Birch Bark Antibiotic by Matthias Bierenstiel, Tuma T.W. Young and Kathy Snow Bringing Western and Indigenous methods to the science classroom The Wild About Vancouver Festival by Elizabeth Beattie and Hartley Banack An annual outdoor education festival that encourages everyone to…
The Summer 2018 edition [ Vol 118 ] is now available to members c/o the NAEE website. This has been edited by Henricus Peters and Juliette Green and has a focus on Literacy. Its contents include: Ecoliteracy – David Whitley Teaching literacy outside – Juliet Robertson Persuasive writing about plastics – Julie Williams Green story competition – Denise Baden The next generation of…
UKSSD’s new report, Measuring up, shows for the first time how the UK is performing on the Sustainable Development Goals. You can download the whole report here. And the ‘quality education’ section of the report which NAEE contributed to is here. UKSSD says: “While there’s an enormous amount to celebrate, the most vunerable people and places in our society…
The GLP has compiled research and evaluation studies on global learning in schools in England. You can access it here. Recent output includes GLP Research Papers Vikki Pendry (2018) Using global data in primary mathematics Helen Lawson (2018) Primary pupils’ attitudes towards and understandings of poverty Hilary L. Alcock and Linda Ramirez Barker (2016) Can global learning raise standards within…
Here’s more from a round up of evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items. This supports the Strategic Research Network for Learning in Natural Environments and Outdoors for All to develop better coherence and collaboration in research and to improve links between research, policy and practice in these…
Ian Humpherys, Chief Executive of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, writes about the latest meeting of the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) a couple of weeks ago. NAEE has been supportive of GEEP from the outset, and hosted its UK launch in 2016. Ian writes: GEEP is growing. Even its Advisory Group now boasts representatives of government,…
Judy Chaussalet, Head of Development at Think Global attended an event hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Education [APPG] at the Houses of Parliament, on education for sustainable development and global citizenship. Click here to read her blog on the event. This begins: “On 21 May at the Houses of Parliament Westminster, six young people representing projects from across…