Webinar: Educating young people about the environment and climate change

How best to educate young people about the climate crisis? Dr Katy Wheeler, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sociology, presents their findings:

Educating the next generation about sustainability and climate change is a key policy goal at all educational levels. This presentation will trace some of the history of environmental and sustainability education, before presenting findings from a content analysis of a wide-ranging collection of UK sustainability resources aimed at children aged between 7-11. Although environmental and sustainable development education have their roots in critical pedagogy, the educational resources I analysed presented a limited role for young people as consumers and adopters of sustainable lifestyle practices rather than as citizens engaged in collective political action.  

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