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 in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education – Teaching climate change in schools raises basic and potentially divisive questions about the purpose of education and the nature of childhood.
– Russell Tytler, Professor of science education, Deakin University
– Peter Freebody, Honorary Professorial Fellow School of Education, University of Wollongong
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Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act – A new study documents the influence of Greta Thunberg on the public’s motivation to act on climate change.
– Amanda Power, Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
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To prepare climate strikers for the future, we need to rewrite the history books – Instead of Tudors and Churchill, history students need to learn how civilisation has arrived at the point of collapse.
– Anandita Sabherwal, PhD Student in Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
– Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society and Director, Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, University of Cambridge
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Five ways the new sustainability and climate change strategy for schools in England doesn’t match up to what young people actually want – Teachers and young people told us that action was needed in classrooms, schools, communities and from the government.
– Elizabeth Rushton, Associate Professor of Education, UCL
– Lynda Dunlop, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, University of York
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Climate change: young people striking from school see it for the life-threatening issue it is – In these divided times, young people are uniting to claim a political platform and fight climate change.
– David Rousell, Research Fellow in Childhood, Youth and Education Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
– Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Professor of Sustainability, Environment & Education and Deputy Dean Research, School of Education, Southern Cross University
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I stand with the climate striking students – it’s time to create a new economy – Humans consume excessive resources with little or no benefits to wellbeing – and the politics of our economy are to blame. To counter the influence of industries in democracy, we must strike.
– Julia K. Steinberger, Professor in Social Ecology and Ecological Economics, University of Leeds