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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.
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.
Teaching unions have written to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to raise concerns that current measures to teach pupils about climate change are ‘not enough’. They add teachers may feel ‘constrained’ and ‘fearful’ in their discussions with students out of fear of being seen as ‘partisan’ under the current proposals.
At the start of November, the Department for Education announced their new draft strategy plan for climate and sustainability. While it touches on some of our asks, it falls short of what is needed in three key areas from our Teach the Future asks.
Research by Teach the Future has revealed that 70% of UK teachers have not received adequate training to educate students on climate change, its implications for the environment and societies around the world, and how these implications can be addressed.
Both bills were organised by the Teach the Future campaign, which wants the education system to have a greater focus on the climate emergency.
In five years’ time, every student at Sheffield University – whether they study maths, music or drama – will also need to get to grips with sustainability.
The youth-led Teach the Future campaign network in Britain is demanding a new U.K. law that would instruct all schools to teach climate issues.
To protect the planet's future we need to think critically about the past
In Britain, the youth-led Teach the Future campaign network is demanding a new UK law that would instruct all schools to teach climate issues
We are excited to announce the British Youth Council’s support for Teach the Future, a campaign to reform the education system to reflect the severity of the climate crisis and ecological emergency.
I believe that climate and environmental teaching is a vital part of a child’s education. But our education system is not giving students a real understanding of the climate emergency or environmental issues.
Students are today taking their education into their own hands and launching a climate emergency education bill in parliament, to call for rapid education reform and with the hopes of gaining support from MPs.
tephen Morgan MP joined a parliamentary climate change event alongside students from across the country, including Portsmouth. The city MP today attended Teach the Future, a parliamentary campaign seeking to urgently reform the education system to focus further on climate change.
Quakers in Britain have joined education charities, unions and environmental NGOs in signing up to Teach the Future, a youth-led campaign to put the climate crisis at the heart of the education system.