Today’s post is by Rob Milne who has worked as an artist and then a gardener, mostly in walled gardens growing vegetables and fruit. He has worked with schools on gardening projects and long campaigned for food gardening to be brought into the school curriculum. Rob has a BSc in Habitat and Soil Management and…
This is part of a recent round up by Natural England of recent and 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 education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better…
Today’s blog is the latest in a series by Ben Murphy who is a member of the University of Glasgow team co-ordinating the Scottish contribution to the Walk the Global Walk programme. The team is led by Dr Ines Alves and Dr Ria Dunkley, along with the city of Glasgow council’s international education officer Lesley Atkins. As ever with…
It’s a while since we caught up with the blogs posted by FEN: the Forest Education Network, but here are a few of them: Take lessons outside to support mental health – was written by Place2Be in Children’s Mental Health Week, which was launched in 2015. How to aid Student Growth In and Outside the Classroom – was…
Today’s blog 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. As ever, with our blogs, Richard’s views are not necessarily shared by…
This is an edited and slightly updated version of something Bill Scott, our Chair of Trustees, wrote for NAEE in 2016. We post it now with this question in mind: has anything really changed? As ever with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily those of NAEE. The continuing attempts by people from North…
The Learning Through Landscape’s My School, My Planet pilot outdoor education programme supported children from disadvantaged ethnic groups and low-income families to re-engage with learning as they transitioned into the new academic year following the first Covid-19 related lockdown. Participating pupils were offered academic learning focused on three core subjects as a way of engaging them with…
Alex is a 17-year old photographer and blogger who is passionate about British wildlife, especially showing people how easy it is to find wildlife without having to travel too far away from your own home. He has been blogging about his local area since 2013, and you can read his older posts here. Here are…
Today’s blog is by Paul Vare of the University of Gloucestershire where he has responsibility for research development in the School of Education and Humanities. He writes here about teacher education. As ever, with our blogs, Paul’s views are not necessarily shared by NAEE. Reading Gavin Williamson’s recent speech, in which he reiterated the Government’s ambition for schools to achieve 100%…
Today’s post is an article by Matthew Adams, a psychologist from the University of Brighton. It was recently published in The Conversation and is reproduced here with permission. The UK government is reported to be seriously considering making “nature studies” a compulsory subject for all pupils. It’s a move that was recommended in the recent…