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A new survey reveals two-thirds of teachers believe climate change is not taught adequately in schools – as the student-written Climate Education Bill heads for its second reading in parliament.
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons. Research drawing on responses from over 4,000 teachers found 67% reported that their school and subject area did not teach issues relating to climate change in a way that was “meaningful and relevant”.
Most teachers say that climate change is not 'meaningfully' embedded in the curriculum, as a student-led bill on climate change gets second reading in Commons.
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.
The first student-led Bill on climate education is to have its second reading in the Commons on Friday
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.
Students, teachers and MPs explain why they believe the second reading of the Climate Education Bill is essential to the future of improving the teaching of environmental awareness in schools.
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.
Two thirds of teachers say education about climate change is not embedded in their school’s curriculum in a meaningful way, a survey suggested, as the first student-led Bill on the issue has its second reading in the Commons.
The climate change protests that swept the world last year, kickstarted by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, generated huge amounts of coverage and showed that this generation is deeply aware of the ongoing climate crisis.
Joe and Scarlett interviewed on BBC Breakfast ahead of our Parliamentary Reception
If radical action to reduce emissions isn’t taken in the next decade or so, many of today’s schoolchildren could live in a world that’s 3℃ or 4℃ hotter by the time they enter their later years. Their working lives would be defined by routine weather extremes, widespread crop failures and catastrophic sea level rise.
"It's educated people who are causing the most damage to the planet," says sixth-former Joe Brindle. Joe, 17, says schools need to put the environment at the heart of education. Ministers agree "it is vital that pupils are taught about climate change" but Joe says schools are failing to prepare them for a climate emergency.
Joe, 17, who is a sixth former at Devizes School is the leader of the school’s climate change group and is a campaigner for the UK Student Climate Network.
Like many young people, Joe Brindle, 17, is scared for the future because of the climate crisis. He is, he says, “angry about the injustice that is allowing the most vulnerable people in the world to suffer from the actions of the richest and most powerful”
Climate change should be taught in schools. That is the opinion of three quarters of respondents to a recent YouGov poll. This data certainly suggests that a majority of the UK population now considers the issue of climate change significant enough to warrant inclusion in the body of prized knowledge that constitutes the National Curriculum.