In 2016, Norway’s Parliament decided to revise all subject curricula and this was enacted in 2018. This involved Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Education (both general and vocational strands). One aim was to reduce the content of the curricula, to better allow for pupils’ in-depth learning and understanding. Existing subjects are kept, but the content will be changed. Priority is…
The first London Climate Action Week will take place from today to July 8th. Climate Action is launching a Climate Innovation Forum at Hilton Tower Hill on July 3rd. This will bring together 350 leading policymakers, investors, business and sustainability leaders, cleantech start-ups, think-tanks and NGO’s from the UK and across Europe, creating insight, sharing failures and successes, facilitating partnerships,…
Children from the Robert Ferguson primary school in Carlisle have produced a video explaining climate change and challenging adults to do more about it. You can see it here on YouTube. . A recent report in Nature Geoscience shows that most water cycle diagrams used in schools are completely out of date. In an analysis of over 450…
NAEE, the Savers charity, and Heart of England Rotary invite you to the launch of the Cut Down on Plastics exhibition of children’s work at Holy Trinity Church, Broadgate, Coventry on Friday 28th June at 1030. Councillor Linda Bigham, the Lord Mayor of Coventry, will launch the exhibition. RSVP to gabrielle@back.f9.co.uk . The Great Science Share for Schools allows children to communicate something that…
“From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from the mastery of the novel and beautiful world awaiting every child comes self-confidence.” This quote by E.O. Wilson headed a recent message to NAAEE members and supporters from NAAEE CEO (and NAEE…
The Education in England (the history of our schools) website contains HMI publications including the (1979) second edition of its Curriculum 11-16 Working Papers which deals with environmental education. This was a time when HMI took it seriously, unlike Ofsted today. But then, HMI thought seriously about curriculum, as did a lot of other groups – unlike today…
The UK Student Climate Network [UKSCN] has issued an open letter to government and educational institutions. It’s a radical read. The students’ broad demands are that … 1 – the Government declare a climate emergency and implement a Green New Deal to achieve Climate Justice. 2 – the national curriculum is reformed to address the ecological…
The four Oxford Cheney school students, whose on-line petition calls for climate change to be made a core part of the national curriculum and for sustainability to be made a serious concern within the education system are asking for: The ecological and climate crisis to be made an educational priority Well founded, evidence based training for teachers so…
A motion at the NAHT conference seeking support for climate change lessons in schools was passed unanimously. This adds to pressure for change and mirrors the motion passed by the NEU conference at Easter (full details here). We will report back on what happens as a result. The Young Environmental Project is a new competition…
If you click here, you will find the petition by Izzy Lewis, Kamila Chamcham, Rasha Alsouleman and Lucy Gibbons from Cheney School on change.org who are deeply concerned about the damage we’re doing to our planet and how it will affect our futures. They say that climate change is the biggest issue of our time,…