Worldview Upgrader Course

I'd missed the arrival of this since I last checked the website, but am thinking of using it at the start of the year with my groups.

It has a series of short videos connected to the Gapminder quiz on the SDGs. 

Students are asked to take the test and then the videos take them through the reasons why they might be wrong about their thinking and they repeat the test. This is something I've done for quite a few years and it works well.

The videos can all be found on VIMEO.

The quizzes are on the Gapminder website, although at the time of posting the site is down for scheduled maintenance. Hopefully it will be back in a week's time as I intended using the quiz with students as part of our introduction to Year 8.

Climate of Hope in Independent Education Today

An article in Independent Education Today contains a useful article on the Climate of Hope.

Steve Wright introduces the article:

The climate crisis has steadily risen up the agenda for most of us in recent years and, in our various ways, we are all trying to help mitigate the effects of global warming. Among all of this increased awareness, it’s been widely noted that our young people are central – both as the generation who will be most affected by changes to our environment and, commendably, as one of the most engaged sections of society when it comes to sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Our younger generations are, and must continue to be, aware and active in the fight against climate change. But how much responsibility lies with our schools, for continuing to educate our children about climate change and the need for urgent action, and for modelling best sustainable practices? And, specifically, do independent schools have more of a responsibility to step up than state schools due to their better resources?

Following that, there are contributions from myself, Paul Turner and Claire Robinson, along with a mention by me for the work of David Alcock. I talk about some of the work we do at King's Ely.

There's also a link through to the Geographical Association's resources, which are beginning to appear on the GA website, with more to come on COP26.

Don't forget that the GA's Worldwise Week is coming up soon.

Extinction Rebellion Climate Change video

Would you use this video?
How would you use this video?
What messages do we need to be talking about with young people with regard to their involvement in this, and how they might be able to help?

Should we be panicking?