Last year, in a post on the Our Shared World website, John McLaverty (Oxfam GB) and Safia Mizon Thioune (Protection Approaches) argue that the DfE impartiality guidance provides a narrow interpretation of the 1996 Education Act and engenders confusion, rather than clarity, over the responsibility of educators to foster democratic and active citizenship. These are…
The poet, John Clare, was born into a largely illiterate labouring family in Helpston, Northamptonshire, 230 years ago today. His poetry covered nature, folk literature, social injustice, and the inner self, and he was a unique observer of what England was like in the early nineteenth century. In his late teens an Enclosure Act altered the nature of the…
You might have seen an email recently from WWF international which says: A new threat faces our ocean. Deep seabed mining would not only interrupt the intricate rhythm of the ocean, but also threatens generations to come with its impacts. We need to make a stand, to protect the beauty of our seas – together.…
Our Chair of Trustees, William Scott, has been reading the Foundation for Education Development’s [FED] National Education Consultation Report [2023]: towards a long-term plan for education. It’s fair to say that he’s FED up despite being impressed. Having seen a lot of the FED’s prior output, I did not open this document with any great…
Brett Girven is the principal of the Arbor School Dubai with more than ten years of experience in the Middle East away from his native New Zealand. This link is to a guest blog he posted on the GESS – Global Educational Supplies and Solutions – website, detailing how his school embedded sustainability in his…
Here’s a further update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…
We’ve noted before the lack of interest from the Green Alliance in the work of schools, but that does not mean that schools should not be interested in what the Green Alliance does, as much of its work has a bearing on curriculum matters in upper secondary schools. Its Inside Track blog raises a range…
Here’s an update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration in…
The work that is featured in The Conversation is regularly covered in NAEE’s output because of its relevance to what we are interested in, and because of its academic standing. Last week, It’s Imagine Newsletter covered climate change education in schools. Here are links to the ideas it featured: How should we teach climate change…
Today’s post by regular contributor, Richard Jurin, is a follow up to a recent post. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the…