Please describe your PhD research or other research you're involved in
My research aims to develop approaches to environmental education in FE colleges that have real impact in supporting students to understand the causes of environmental challenges and what is needed for a more sustainable future.
Using a mixed methodology, it will use the views and understanding of students to develop a transformative environmental curriculum, which encourages critical thinking and creative problem solving that challenges current FE paradigms; a curriculum which embraces ‘heart’ as much as ‘head and hand’. It aims to provide practical guidance for teachers and curriculum designers to support the development of innovative environmental education.