A big part of this has involved reducing central government prescription for all schools to make heads' and teachers' lives easier and give them the space to focus on what really matters.
Overall, our vision for the future is of a self-improving network of schools, innovating and engaging, competing and collaborating, teaching and training, for the benefit of all our children.
And yet there is a perception by some that my department isn't especially concerned about such things. That we care more about Tennyson than technology. That our interest is in Ibsen, not iTunes. That we're more Kubla Khan than Khan Academy.
This couldn't be further from the truth. I am absolutely committed to ensuring that our school system not only prepares pupils for this changing world, but also embraces the technological advances which are transforming education. My department is thinking hard about this and we'll be saying more in the new year.
a genuine engagement with the wondrous world of technological innovation will see children's learning 'liberated from the dead hand of the past.' We owe it to pupils across the country to take this issue seriously.
Dec 1st speech , worth a read. Look out for promises in New Year.
Strange how short memories are about changes brought in by Tatcher Gov't based on National Curriculum advocated by Callaghan!
"The Place network has been developed to create a platform to develop and promote place-based research and projects worldwide." articles, projects, blogs, bookmarks
The Ubuntu Network supports the integration of Development Education (DE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into Post Primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Ireland.
The Schools Linking Network (SLN) aims to facilitate links between schools in England to help children and young people explore their identity, celebrate diversity and develop dialogue.
There is a growing number of acadmics and researchers (faculty and students) engaging with Transition Initiatives and Transition Network. Initially, their work was typically around community involvement in sustainability. Latterly, we're seeing more niche type research into, for example, economic areas such as local complementary currencies.
There is a growing number of acadmics and researchers (faculty and students) engaging with Transition Initiatives and Transition Network. Initially, their work was typically around community involvement in sustainability. Latterly, we're seeing more niche type research into, for example, economic areas such as local complementary currencies.
Find NEN Teaching and Learning resources from across UK. Enter a keyword in the search box. "Sustainable Development" finds most resources, "esdgc" finds some Welsh, which leads to many more Welsh NGFL resources. Use citizenship & PSHE for subjects.Use Grid to find resources by Subject Area and Key Stage. Go to home page for all regional networks/grids for learning.
"The Earth Charter Initiative" is an extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. This page contains a guide for using the Earth Charter in education, including key resources for teachers.
"The Earth Charter Initiative" is an extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. This page contains a guide for using the Earth Charter in education, including key resources for teachers.
MNN (Mother Nature Network)Eco-Glossary
Want to know more about everything from acid rain to wind power? Check out
our eco-glossary to learn more and read recent stories on these topics.
" Post links that include ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real-world problems."
"'In Transition 2.0' is nearly ready to be unveiled to the world! We are very excited about this inspiring new telling of the Transition story, and want to tell you more about it here, and about how it will be rolled out over the coming months."
"The GLP is a ground-breaking new programme which will create a national network of like-minded schools, committed to equipping their students to succeed in a globalised world by helping their teachers to deliver effective teaching and learning about development and global issues at Key Stages 2 and 3."
The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture. Led by the Soil Association, the Food for Life Partnership brings together the practical expertise of the Focus on Food Campaign, Garden Organic and the Health Education Trust. We want to transform school and community food culture across England, by harnessing the ideas and initiative of young people and community leaders. We aim to reach out through schools to give communities access to seasonal, local and organic food, and to the skills they need to cook and grow fresh food for themselves. We'd like this generation to explore how their food choices impact on their health and that of the planet, and to rediscover the pleasure of taking time to enjoy real food.
"If you're looking for the latest guidelines on National Cycle Network signage, information sheets from our projects such as Active Travel, Travel Smart and Safe Routes to Schools or Cycle Tourism statistics, you will find it all in this section."
These guidelines and recommendations from UNESCO have been devised by an International Network of 30 teacher education institutions from around the world. The main aim is to show how teacher education institutions can be re-orientated to address ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) objectives.
A web based co-operative movement to re-design the planet.
Our Future Planet is an online community that allows you to share ideas, design your future and create global change in the real world. Join the network and become a planetary citizen at www.ourfutureplanet.org
Twine is a new service that intelligently helps you share, organize and find information with people you trust. In Twine you can safely share information and knowledge, and collaborate around common interests, activities and goals. Twine helps you better leverage and contribute to the collective intelligence of your network. Use Twine to share more productively with friends, colleagues, groups and teams
"Bees for Development Trust is an international charity working to promote sustainable beekeeping to support livelihoods and to conserve biodiversity."
Journal, portal, network centre, extensive links.