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December 28, 2020
Climate change education in Scotland’s classrooms is vital to equip younger generations with skills to combat the crisis
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December 27, 2020
Since the rise of the youth climate movement, we have been declared inspirations, role models and future politicians. This is not what we want or are meant to be. We are not here as inspirations or people to push the responsibility onto. We are not the future generation who will solve this problem.
December 23, 2020
According to Joe Brindle, campaign coordinator at Teach the Future, this is more than good sense: it is vital. “If we want to transition to net zero, then we need a generation of students – and then workers – who understand the problems we are facing and can contribute to the solutions,” he says. According to the campaign’s research, however, “just 4 per cent of pupils feel that they know a lot about climate change, while 75 per cent of teachers feel that they haven’t received adequate training to be able to educate students about the subject.”
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December 20, 2020
Teach the Future Scotland are sending an open letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills - John Swinney MSP - in response to the Scottish Government's recent announcement of plans to construct twenty-two new schools across the country and retrofit three existing schools.
December 17, 2020
Renewable energy is the future. It’s a pretty simple statement and one which, if you’re here reading this, will more than likely agree with. Whether you’re interested in solar panel arrays in shining desserts or rushing water powering our homes, renewables are an extremely exciting concept.
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December 9, 2020
After 11 years following the Scottish education system, I have now reached S5 and should have learned all about the severity of the climate crisis in school, but I have not.
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December 8, 2020
My name is Andy Howes, I am the director of the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) Secondary course at the University of Manchester. Getting a PGCE like this is the main route to becoming a fully qualified high school teacher.
December 6, 2020
You may remember that back in August members of the Teach the Future Scotland attended a meeting with Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Beatrice Wishart, education spokesperson for the Scottish Liberal democrats. In this meeting, we discussed the asks of our campaign and our experiences of the educational system. Well, we now have an update!
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December 3, 2020
Yesterday, The Guardian published an article entitled ‘Ofsted chief resists calls to make England school curriculum more diverse’ reporting on Amanda Spielman’s speech launching Ofsted’s Annual report. In her speech, Spielman argued against our calls for reform of the education system in response to the climate crisis.
November 20, 2020
By saying overpopulation is causing climate change, My teacher was telling my class three things: the climate crisis is unsolvable; everyday people are to blame for climate change, and highly populated countries are the big polluters. All three of these things are wrong
November 18, 2020
We are pleased to see the PM’s announcement of a 10 point green plan, however, it does not address a critical element in the UK’s journey towards net-zero: education. Students must leave formal education with the skills and knowledge needed to understand the climate crisis and contribute to its solutions. We are disappointed this has been omitted from today’s announcements.
November 16, 2020
Both bills were organised by the Teach the Future campaign, which wants the education system to have a greater focus on the climate emergency.