Outputs (5)

Connecting people and planet through reading for pleasure (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter reflects on research using MG Leonard’s Beetle Boy to consider how reading for pleasure has the potential to impact upon social and environmental action. Research with children and teachers revealed how reading the book supported them to... Read More about Connecting people and planet through reading for pleasure.

‘It’s kind of placed a real challenge in my head’: Threshold concepts and science communication education (2024)
Journal Article

‘Threshold concepts' have recently been identified as a key component for higher or university level teaching in science communication, concepts which can offer a ‘transformative' experience amongst students, whilst also creating a sense of discomfor... Read More about ‘It’s kind of placed a real challenge in my head’: Threshold concepts and science communication education.

Literacy and the Sustainable Development Goals (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

At a time of climate and ecological emergency, the importance of evaluating approaches to enhancing children’s eco-literacy cannot be overstated. This symposium explores UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 15 which relate to the protection of l... Read More about Literacy and the Sustainable Development Goals.

In conversation with M.G.Leanord (2024)
Journal Article

Verity Jones and Amanda Webber caught up with M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy, to talk about why getting the science right in children’s fiction is so important and how this book might inspire an interest in understanding and protecting insects. Read More about In conversation with M.G.Leanord.

‘Meet and greet’ Animal experiences in zoos (2024)
Book Chapter

It is common for zoos in the UK to offer opportunities for visitors to interact with animals in the form of ‘Meet and Greet’ (M&G) experiences; which may include feeding, petting and posing for photographs. There is limited research investigating the... Read More about ‘Meet and greet’ Animal experiences in zoos.