How has
Darren Jones
scored on climate education?
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Climate Education Report Card
Candidate Name:
Darren Jones
Constituency:
Bournemouth West
Party:
Green Party of England and Wales
Date:
12.6.24
Notes:
No notes given.
Question
Score (/5)
Do they support the integration of climate change throughout every subject?
5
Do they support the teaching on solutions for climate change, as well as the causes and impacts?
4
Do they support more training for all teachers around the climate crisis?
5
Do they support more money being spent to upgrade schools so they are carbon neutral?
5
Do they support more green skills being taught in job-related education?
4
Total Score (/25)
23
Candidate's Responses
Do you support the integration of climate change throughout every subject?
Absolutely. I spent 16 years as a classroom teacher, and think it is important that subjects are integrated and cross-curricular when they are as important as our impact on the climate.
Do you support the teaching on solutions for climate change, as well as the causes and impacts?
Yes. Education in this area would be greatly beneficial as currently many people don't have much knowledge and are susceptible to believing untruths told by those with a different agenda than long-term sustainability.
Do they support more training for all teachers around the climate crisis?
Yes. Again, having more knowledge is always a better thing, and each subject teacher may be able to communicate and integrate the information into their lessons in a way that really strikes a chord with pupils.
Do they support more money being spent to upgrade schools so they are carbon neutral?
Yes. Overall this will be a net benefit financially as well as the right thing to do. Our schools need to be of a high standard and many of them need remedial work after years of neglect. Doing this in the right way makes enormous sense.
Do they support more green skills being taught in job-related education?
Green skills are the skills of the future - if we are to have a long term future. They will be in demand for decades to come, so it makes sense from a purely financial point of view, let alone thinking of the larger picture.