A survey showed teachers believed almost unanimously in an action-focused climate change curriculum (Danny Lawson/PA)
More than half of teachers in England are in favour of teaching children to take direct action against climate change, according to a survey.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, involved asking 626 primary and secondary school teachers across England for their views on climate change education.
Teachers believed almost unanimously in an action-focused climate change curriculum incorporated across subject, beginning with conservation projects in early primary school.
Results also showed 54% of those surveyed believed this should extend to participation in civil disobedience at secondary school.
More than half of teachers in England are in favour of teaching children to take direct action against climate change, according to a survey.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, involved asking 626 primary and secondary school teachers across England for their views on climate change education.
Teachers believed almost unanimously in an action-focused climate change curriculum incorporated across subject, beginning with conservation projects in early primary school.
Results also showed 54 per cent of those surveyed believed this should extend to participation in civil disobedience at secondary school.
Professor Paul Howard-Jones, the study s lead author, said children have been inspired by Swedish teenage climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg.
Updated: 22:42, 22 Jun 2021
MORE than half of teachers want to hold classes telling school kids how to stage angry protests against climate change, a survey revealed.
Nearly all including primary teachers with pupils as young as five agree to having lessons on the dangers of global warming and how to stop it.
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The findings risk sparking more anger over some of the firebrand ideas being peddled in classroomsCredit: Alamy
The findings risk sparking more anger over some of the firebrand ideas being peddled in classrooms.
It comes after hard-left eco fanatics Extinction Rebellion held a series of crippling protests last year in what they dubbed a “summer uprising”.
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More than half of teachers in England are in favour of teaching children to take direct action against climate change and break the rules to make their point, according to a new survey.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, is the largest of its kind in the UK and involved asking 626 primary and secondary teachers across England their views on climate change education.
Results revealed teachers believed almost unanimously in an action-focussed climate change curriculum incorporated across subjects, starting with conservation projects in early primary school. The majority (54 per cent) also believed this should extend to participation in civil disobedience at secondary school.
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