Launching the national Learning for Sustainability Framework for Initial Teacher Education by

ITE Programmes

2025-04-29 15:11:15 UTC

Do you think the launch of this framework will result in increased and more consistent access to outdoor learning on ITE programmes across Scotland? We believe this is a great opportunity to kick start beginning teachers outdoor learning practice specifically.

TEACHER EDUCATORS

2025-04-29 15:20:46 UTC

What tensions and possibilities do you foresee regarding teacher educators' preparedness to teach in line with this framework?

Partner support?

2025-04-29 15:22:55 UTC

What is planned to ensure this doesn't sit on a (virtual) shelf and is actually implemented? How can partners best help?

Busy chat

2025-04-29 15:24:54 UTC

Finding the chat very distracting, missing some of the speakers I think.

In-service finding - suggests considerable action is needed pre-service

2025-04-29 15:26:31 UTC

In-service Staff in receipt of lower levels of CPD also report lower confidence in outdoor learning and Learning for Sustainability. Provision of between 6 and 10 training sessions (where each ‘session’ considered to be approx. a half day event) was associated with increased confidence in outdoor learning and Learning for Sustainability. Participants who reported higher confidence worked in settings that had greater provision.

2025-04-29 15:42:45 UTC

As external partners we are keen to provide collective offers to ITE institutions to support LfS through outdoor learning and the 4 Cs, and a place based pedagogy. We would like to do this without adding to information overload. Is a platform needed where partners can share these offers?

GLOBAL NORTH AND GLOBAL SOUTH

coluccigraylaura — 2025-04-29 15:46:10 UTC

Curious to see if this approach may help widen our outlook on education beyond the Western contexts.

2025-04-29 15:46:18 UTC

Resources, news, research etc on LfS and outdoor learning signposted here from this partner resource

Teacher educators' professional learning

2025-04-29 15:46:35 UTC

Great work, very interesting. How are we going to develop teacher educators' professional learning to integrate this meaningfully into their practice?

Earthwards

2025-04-29 15:47:30 UTC

For teachers looking to connect young people to the nature I would highly recommend Earthwards; Transformative Ecological Education by Katharine Burke

LA/School buy-in

2025-04-29 15:47:40 UTC

Student teachers are often thwarted in their outdoor learning attempts by restrictions in schools whilst on placement. How can this be disseminated and used to support them on placement?

More than Outdoor Learning/Learning Outdoors

2025-04-29 15:48:54 UTC

The focus on outdoor learning can sometimes be all that LfS is perceived to be - it is refreshing to see other elements elevated to share the LfS stage and encourage others to comprehend the scope and range of LfS

Signposts for Global Citizenship

Highland_One_World — 2025-04-29 15:49:06 UTC

Online resource website for Scottish Educators. It has an extensive range of free downloadable resources searchable by topic, level and curriculum area.

Earth for All

2025-04-29 15:49:08 UTC

Is LfS (only) considered as interdisciplinary activity in the secondary phase?

2025-04-29 15:49:16 UTC

I was surprised more was not made in the presentations of the explicit text of article 29 (the aims of education). My own thought is that with incorporation this moves LFS from an "entitlement" to being a "right" of every child in Scotland

2025-04-29 15:49:43 UTC

Place-based attention

2025-04-29 15:49:52 UTC

Really enjoying the range of colleagues here today from all corners of (teacher)education. Similarly, the framework recognises that "each institution will develop its own place-based response to meeting the needs of Scotland’s diverse learning communities". It will be so interesting to see how LfS in ITE develops across all corners of ITE in Scotland.

QMU

2025-04-29 15:49:56 UTC

Pushing ahead with campus developments rooted in research and curriculum development for all our Education courses. Please check out the films on this web site and follow our online Discovery Trail- Gifts of Place. The importance of our community in the culture of the ground for this work...

A couple of articles from the Global South (Chilean student teachers)

2025-04-29 15:49:59 UTC

Here the second one! https://journals.helsinki.fi/lumat/article/view/2135

Sustainable Careers

2025-04-29 15:50:03 UTC

My book will explore three main themes

Careers linked to sustainability
Helping young people prepare RO a sustainable, lifelong career, whatever sector
Sustainable development education

https://trotman.co.uk/products/sustainable-careers?srsltid=AfmBOopjTxPF-tfYwgm_YCZZzoL8gPTaSM2iQTMCj5UD-zCjR-DAuCYC

Is Global Citizenship getting lost and outdoor learning coming to dominate LfS?

2025-04-29 15:50:17 UTC

Link with community based organisations (formal and non-formal) towards community engagement

2025-04-29 15:50:21 UTC

Is this linked with community organisations and is there a plan to link with what goes on in schools with local communities: to reach intergenerational groups? Other community based organisations are doing similar: albeit it may be non-formal/informal environmental and sustainability education. Thank you. This is fantastic and hope other nations in the UK do something similar.

An open access article from Chilean student teachers, shared challenges!

2025-04-29 15:50:49 UTC

CLD / Community Education Input

2025-04-29 15:53:36 UTC

I'd love the process around LfS to be less boundaried by professional 'silo's' - I think we also have to be mush more realistic and ambitious in our vision

Curriculum improvement cycle

2025-04-29 15:54:17 UTC

Will the document be updated once the current curriculum improvement cycle has finished? So that the framework works together with the LfS "curriculum" as closely as possible?

UNESCO Futures of Education

2025-04-29 15:55:40 UTC

This report and its working papers are fantastic - I don't see it referenced so perhaps something for the next stage of development

The use of language is crucial.

audreymcameron — 2025-04-29 15:56:41 UTC

Here is a nice article linking to social responsibility and including all in the discussions.

Third Sector

2025-04-29 15:59:44 UTC

We've previously run the below course. We wonder is there a place for something like this to give teachers ideas for IDL using children's texts as stimuli? Sorry there isn't much information here (it's because the page has been taken down as no longer available to book). My email is pauline.bird@scottishbooktrust.com if you have any questions: Book Discovery+ Scottish Book Trust share a Learning for Sustainability approach

Leadership of LfS

2025-04-29 16:00:34 UTC

I am interested in how we work with aspirant and serving school leaders to explore and embed the ideas in the framework. In Glasgow, we are at the completion stages of Cohort One of Leading Anti-Racism, that has school leaders. LA reps and ITE leaders in the same learning space. I'd be interested in discussing with others who teach in leadership development spaces.

Book list on climate fiction

2025-04-29 16:01:15 UTC

An upcoming PL

2025-04-29 16:05:51 UTC

This isn't explicitly linked to the framework as such, but may still be of interest to some: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-discovery-climate-action-secondary-tickets-1217775943629?aff=oddtdtcreator

Webquest on Forest Stewardship

2025-04-29 16:39:34 UTC

This is a webquest on forest stewardship, forestry plantations and related social and ecological problems in the South of Chile, developed for English Language Learners around the world.

Stride Global Citizenship magazine

2025-04-30 09:32:16 UTC

Global Citizenship Education in schools and beyond

2025-04-30 09:33:12 UTC

daniella_cam — 2025-04-30 15:41:15 UTC