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Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

This engaging guide will empower primary school teachers to incorporate climate change and sustainability into their curriculum, enabling them to feel confident and competent in navigating this pressing global issue, without adding to teacher workload.

Many teachers recognise the urgency of climate change and the need for pupils to engage with it but are unsure about how this should be approached in practice. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, this book provides the tools for teachers to educate and motivate their pupils to become active contributors to their school communities and beyond. It outlines how trainees, teachers and school leaders can embed climate change and sustainability into their practice, across the primary curriculum, providing the required knowledge, understanding and ideas for practice.

This guide;

  • explores the fundamentals of climate change,
  • debunks misconceptions,
  • addresses climate anxiety, and
  • explains how to introduce sustainability from the early years upwards and through a range of subject areas.

    Packed with research-informed case studies and reflective questions, teachers can equip young minds to tackle the challenges of our fragile world and become proactive agents of change.
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Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

This engaging guide will empower primary school teachers to incorporate climate change and sustainability into their curriculum, enabling them to feel confident and competent in navigating this pressing global issue, without adding to teacher workload.

Many teachers recognise the urgency of climate change and the need for pupils to engage with it but are unsure about how this should be approached in practice. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, this book provides the tools for teachers to educate and motivate their pupils to become active contributors to their school communities and beyond. It outlines how trainees, teachers and school leaders can embed climate change and sustainability into their practice, across the primary curriculum, providing the required knowledge, understanding and ideas for practice.

This guide;

  • explores the fundamentals of climate change,
  • debunks misconceptions,
  • addresses climate anxiety, and
  • explains how to introduce sustainability from the early years upwards and through a range of subject areas.

    Packed with research-informed case studies and reflective questions, teachers can equip young minds to tackle the challenges of our fragile world and become proactive agents of change.
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Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

Climate Education and Sustainability in the Primary Classroom: Our World Their Future

Overview

This engaging guide will empower primary school teachers to incorporate climate change and sustainability into their curriculum, enabling them to feel confident and competent in navigating this pressing global issue, without adding to teacher workload.

Many teachers recognise the urgency of climate change and the need for pupils to engage with it but are unsure about how this should be approached in practice. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, this book provides the tools for teachers to educate and motivate their pupils to become active contributors to their school communities and beyond. It outlines how trainees, teachers and school leaders can embed climate change and sustainability into their practice, across the primary curriculum, providing the required knowledge, understanding and ideas for practice.

This guide;

  • explores the fundamentals of climate change,
  • debunks misconceptions,
  • addresses climate anxiety, and
  • explains how to introduce sustainability from the early years upwards and through a range of subject areas.

    Packed with research-informed case studies and reflective questions, teachers can equip young minds to tackle the challenges of our fragile world and become proactive agents of change.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781916925151
Publisher: Critical Publishing
Publication date: 09/15/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160

About the Author

Sophie Nelson has experience as a primary school teacher, Teaching School Director, Head of School and currently, as a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Leeds Trinity University. She has supported teachers at all stages of their career; sharing her passion for inspiring imaginative and creative classroom practitioners, who empower children to be active citizens who make a positive contribution to the future. Her interest in interdisciplinary learning stems from her wide-ranging interests which encompass philosophy, early literacy, drama of learning, and, of course, climate education.

Lewis Morgan is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Science at Leeds Trinity University. Following 10 years as a primary school teacher and science lead, Lewis delivers the science content across all undergraduate and postgraduate primary education degrees. Lewis is extremely passionate about introducing children to science and changing the beliefs and opinions children, and adults, have about science. Lewis is currently working alongside colleagues from across the university in planning how to embed climate change and sustainability into the primary curriculum.  

Table of Contents

Introduction: I know this is important but where do I begin? 

Chapter 1. What is climate change and sustainability? 

Chapter 2. Is the earth going to explode?

Chapter 3. Where do I fit in? 

Chapter 4. It’s not fair! 

Chapter 5. Can children really change the world? 

Chapter 6. Is climate change all about science? 

Chapter 7. Is climate change just for the big kids? 

Chapter 8. Is this another subject I need to squeeze in?

Chapter 9. How can my school make a difference? 

Conclusion - It starts with you!

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