Past event
This event was an opportunity to reflect on climate change and sustainability education in school, university, initial teacher education and beyond.
Also – find out more about the new Special Interest Group for Education for Environmental Sustainability.
| 17:00 | BERA introduction |
| 17:05 | BERA 2021 Research Commission: next steps Lynda Dunlop and Lizzie Rushton |
| 17:15 | A climate education and sustainability framework for initial teacher education Nasreen Majid |
| 17:25 | Nottingham Climate Assembly, connecting young people and policy makers Rosanna Wilson |
| 17:35 | Teacher conceptions and misconceptions around threshold concepts for climate change Sarah Clayton |
| 17:45 | Questions and discussion |
| 18:00 | Event close |
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education at University of York
Lynda Dunlop is Director of Education for Environmental Sustainability at York, and a senior lecturer in science education. Her research is interdisciplinary, working across the social sciences, sciences and arts and humanities. Current studies...
Head of Education Division at University of Stirling
Professor Elizabeth Rushton is a professor in Education and the head of the Division of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling. Her research interests are in geography and science education, specifically the...
PhD Student at University of York
Sarah Clayton trained as a secondary science teacher in 2013, having taught in Coventry, Salford and Telford. She has held a range of middle leadership positions, most recently as curriculum lead for science. She completed her master’s in...
Doctoral Researcher in Education at University of Nottingham
Rosanna Wilson is a doctoral researcher in Education within the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing at the University of Nottingham. Having researched character education in schools for her Master’s in Education at the University of...
Lecturer in Education at University College London
Nasreen Majid is a Lecturer in Education and teaches on the MA in Education programme at UCL. She is an Associate Fellow of UCL's Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSE).
A forum for academics, practitioners and policy makers to engage critically with the nature and purpose of EfES including curriculum, pedagogies, practice and policy.
The primary objective of this commission was to co-create a manifesto for Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) in secondary education in the UK. To achieve this, the commission...
Education has a key role to play in creating long-term responses to the social and environmental consequences of the climate crisis. These responses need to be inclusive of the needs of all young...
The final manifesto from the BERA-funded research commission on environmental sustainability calls for sustainability to become a key feature of the curriculum, inspections and other...
This event is an opportunity to reflect on climate change and sustainability education in school, university, initial teacher education and beyond. You will: Hear about how educators are...
