Teaching about climate change: principles and priorities
04 July 2022, 4:30 pm–6:00 pm
Join this event to hear an expert panel discuss the teaching of climate change and sustainability in schools.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Dr Alison Kitson
The UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education launched in April 2022. Its mission is to transform the UK’s approach to teaching climate change and sustainability in schools by providing outstanding, research-informed and free professional development to all teachers and school leaders.
On 9 June, Public First published a report outlining the results of research commissioned by the Centre to inform the early development of its work.
The panel will discuss this report, specifically the priorities and principles that will underpin the work of the new Centre.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in climate change and sustainability education in schools.
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About the Speakers
Naheeda Maharasingam
Headteacher at Rathfern school
She is is also a Local Leader of Education and leads the steering group for the Embedding Race Equality work across all Lewisham schools.
Dr Jess Tipton
Head of Youth Networks at Global Action Plan
She is also a Fellow of the National Association for Environmental Education and was awarded School Changemaker of the Year in the Sustainable City Awards 2021.
Dr Lizzie Rushton
Associate Professor and Research Lead at UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education
She co-led the British Educational Research Association’s Research Commission on Education for Environmental Sustainability. This resulted in an illustrated manifesto for Education for Environmental Sustainability, co-created by over 200 teachers, young people and teacher educators from across the UK.
More about Dr Lizzie RushtonProfessor Mark Maslin
Professor of Earth System Science at UCL
His research expertise is in understanding the Anthropocene and how it relates to the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. He has published widely and appears regularly on radio and television. His books include ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’, The Cradle of Humanity and The Human Planet: How we created the Anthropocene co-authored with Simon Lewis (Penguin, 2018).
Pimpichcha Sullivan-Tailyour
Y13 youth representative at UK School Sustainability Network
She has been involved in school communities from The Department for Education’s Sustainability and climate change strategy to holding a Youth Climate Conference for 12 schools in her local area, opening an intersection between private and public schools, students and staff alike. Pim hopes to study Environmental Science at university in September.
Lucy Ellis
School improvement partner at The Charter Educational Trust
The Trust is mostly at the beginning of integrating climate change and sustainability education into the heart of school life and we are currently working collaboratively to discuss initial ideas about how this can be done. Lucy is studying for an MBA in Educational Leadership at UCL.