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According to Unicef, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the closure of around 1.5 million schools in India and affected 247 million children. One of the hardest-hit regions is Kashmir, where young...
Continue reading blog postOn Thursday 3 June, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith addressed the University of Cambridge’s annual conference at the Faculty of Education. Smith is ending her time as professor of education and...
Continue reading blog postThe Food Foundation (2020) has found since lockdown started that 5 million people in the UK living in households with children under 18 have experienced food insecurity. A minority (1.8 million)...
Continue reading blog postOur vernacular is somewhat noisy with idioms of silence: deafening silences; as silent as the grave; a wall of silence; suffering in silence. Other idioms offer implicit references to silence,...
Continue reading blog postAccording to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the combustion of fossil fuels is the main contributor to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Young people in England...
Continue reading blog postKO AHAU TE AWA KO TE AWA KO AHAU I AM THE RIVER, AND THE RIVER IS ME Pleasurable experiences in nature can lead to the development of a positive attitude and active engagement with the natural...
Continue reading blog postPlayground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...
Continue reading blog postThe advent of the Covid-19 pandemic affected all educational institutions without warning. From our experience, it seems that special schools, particularly those that work with young people with...
Continue reading blog postMy souvenir is two cups Full of creek water. I couldn’t take it with me So, I tipped it over my head, Re-baptised myself Because I’m going to be different From now on. (cited in Gray &...
Continue reading blog postAgreed in 2015 by the member states of the United Nations, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the primary international instrument ‘to end poverty in all its forms everywhere’....
Continue reading blog postIt feels like I’m about to be controversial: I’m going to make the case for educating generalists. At least this seems controversial in a world where traditional disciplines and specialism are...
Continue reading blog postThe global issues of climate change, protecting the environment, and ensuring equity and fairness for all continue to gain increasing prominence in everyday consciousness. The role of education to...
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