Education for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development is referred to in many ways, including Sustainable Schools, Eco-Education, Development Education and Global Learning. The most frequently quoted definition of sustainability is from Our Common Future:

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

We aim to work with schools, businesses and organisations to:

Develop and deepen an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development;

Embed sustainability into the heart of strategy and policy;

Bring sustainability ‘to life’ through training programmes, resources and projects.

We support educators to work towards the 2030 Global Goals for Sustainable Development, in particular:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

It is our belief that all children are entitled to a quality education and we recognise the value of working in partnership to ensure that policy, strategy and practice work towards this aim.

Examples of our work

Advanced Skills Teacher for Sustainability

York City Council

Our lead consultant, Victoria Pendry, acquired Advanced Skills teacher status. Working with partners across North Yorkshire, she ensured that schools had access to quality resources to support them gain Eco School status, as well as other key aspects of related curriculum policy, strategy and practice.

Resource for Schools. Global Learning in Maths

Pearson

In support of the The Global Learning Programme, we designed a series of maths lessons for upper primary aged pupils and their teachers in order to explore the use of global data as a rich context for teaching and learning in mathematics.

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Schools transition project. From Bean to Bar.

NestléUK

Designed a cross-curricular transition project for years 6 and 7, using chocolate and Fair Trade as the context for learning.

Education for Sustainable Development workshop presentation

TEESNET conference 2017

Delivered a workshop, ‘We’ve go the Whole world in our hands’, to illustrate approaches to ensuring development education lies at the heart of curriculum design.

Conference paper presentation. The Sustainable Development Goals in South Sudan

The Education and Development Forum, UKFEIT

Presented a paper as part of this international conferenceto illustrate the way we have worked with the Curriculum Foundation to embed sustainable development as a cross-cutting issue through the new curriculum for South Sudan.

World Class Curriculum paper presentation

London International Conference on Education

Presentation at LICE 2017 outlining aspects of the World Class Curriculum.

Teacher’s Curriculum Implementation Guide for the Zambia Education Curriculum Framework

DFID UK, Ministry of Education Zambia

In line with the revised curriculum, we produced exemplar activities aimed at supporting teachers to deepen their understanding of key features of the revised curriculum.

Poetry on a Plate and Poetreein schools

Anneliese Emmans Dean & York Food Festival, UK

In association with the Big Buzz, we designed and delivered a ‘Poetree’ competition for families to write about food, and the winning entries were finally designed into an interactive placemat for cafes. Poetreeworkshops with more poetry and tree planting were also carried out in York schools.

Cross-curricular schools resource, Water Explorers

Global Action Plan

In association with Global Action Plan, we designed and delivered teaching and learning activities aimed at engaging schools and their communities in Water Conservation across 11 countries.

York Minster Teaching and Learning Review

In association with Innovate Educate, review and analyse the pre and post learning offer at York Minster. Research and report on opportunities for resource development in relation to local and national influencers on schools and learning.

Heritage learning projects

Innovate Educate, UK

In association with Innovate Educate, we developed teaching and learning resources aimed at connecting schools and families to the rich heritage of their local area. These projects include: Heart of Wakefield, Wakefield Council; International Bomber Command, Lincoln; A Route to the Hills, Malvern Hill District Council; Learning Review, York Minster.

York Edible Schools

Edible York, UK

Created York Edible Schools, a programme aimed at helping schools to embrace the opportunities that growing food presents for teaching and learning across the curriculum.

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Schools maths programme, Energy Heroes

Northern Powergrid, UK

Designed Energy Heroes, a teaching and learning programme for year 5 pupils, in association with Northern Powergrid,aimed at improving mathematics and deepening understanding of climate change and energy conservation.

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Evaluation Toolkit for Schools

Oxfam

Designed activities and resources to support schools to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning through the Everyone Counts programme.

‘Embracing student competencies’ workshop presentation

TEESNet conference 2016

Delivered a workshop aimed at illustrating features of a competency-based curriculum, including references to recent related research, examples of related curriculum frameworks and reports from business groups relating to employability.

Text Books for South Sudan

Ministry of Education South Sudan; Longhorn and Mountain Top publishers, Kenya

Working alongside two publishers in Kenya to write and design competency-based text books for all core subjects in the new South Sudan curriculum.

Assessment Guidance for South Sudan and Uganda

Ministry of Education South Sudan; National Curriculum Development Centre, Uganda

In line with the revised curriculum, production of training and related guidance documents to illustrate approaches to ongoing, classroom-based assessment, including exemplar materials.

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Assessment Policy

Rothwell Primary School, Leeds City Council, UK

Review and redesign assessment policy and strategy for Foundation Subjects. Development of exemplar teaching and learning materials in support of a greater focus on formative assessment.

Curriculum Framework Workshop

Ebor Academy Trust, UK

We supported the Trust to explore and evaluate features of a curriculum framework that would embrace their creative curriculum intent.

Curriculum Framework Review and Redesign

Middleton Primary School, Leeds City Council, UK

We supported the school to agree curriculum aims and identify effective pedagogy that will lead to high quality teaching and learning.

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London International Conference on Education

London

Presentation at LICE 2017 to outline aspects of the World Class Curriculum.

New National Curriuclum for South Sudan

Ministry of Education South Sudan, UNICEF South Sudan, Global Partnership for Education

We worked in partnership to design and make plans to effectively implement and monitor a new National Curriculum for South Sudan, including support for Alternative Education Programmes and text book Quality Assurance.

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Teacher’s Curriculum Implementation Guide

Zambia

In line with the revised curriculum, produce exemplar activities aimed at supporting teachers to deepen their understanding of key features of the revised curriuclum.

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