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Di Swift is chair of Stoke and Staffordshire Teacher Education Collective (SSTEC), which is made up of providers who support both initial and continuing education. She is a fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and an international associate of the Knowledge and Education Research Unit at the University of Auckland. She is also an associate lecturer with The Open University, specialising in primary education, and an honorary fellow with the Keele Institute for Social Inclusion. Di has extensive experience in both secondary and primary schools as a teacher, senior leader and a multi-academy trust trustee. Di has authored a variety of materials that support teachers to develop their professional knowledge, including their curriculum and pedagogic thinking. She was project lead for the 2023 British Curriculum Investigation project, ‘Towards curriculum design coherence in primary geography education for sustainability’.
In order to better prepare children and young people for a future which is significantly altered by changes in global climate systems, sustainability education needs to be enhanced (Rushton et...
Continue reading blog postThe BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support research led by schools and colleges with a focus on curriculum inquiry and investigation. The theme for the 2024-2025 grant is...
Over recent years, the climate crisis has become an accepted scientific fact, and around the world, children and young people have become some of the most vociferous activists for a more...
Over recent years, the climate crisis has become an accepted scientific fact, and around the world, children and young people have become some of the most vociferous activists for a more...
This report shares the work of four primary teachers from the West Midlands of England involved in a curriculum investigation project funded by the British Curriculum Forum. The project aimed to...
