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Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Webber, A., Jones, V., McEwen, L., Deave, T., Gorell Barnes, L., Williams, S., …Gopinath, D. (in press). Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK. Children's Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2024.2315153

Children’s sense of place is important for wellbeing, development and belonging in a community or place. The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic – Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery) project used creative methods and repeat engagement t... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK.

‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds (2024)
Journal Article
Gorell Barnes, L., Podpadec, T., Jones, V., Vafadari, J., Pawson, C., Whitehouse, S., & Richards, M. (in press). ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3980

This paper presents an overview of the arts-based methodology used in a research project that aimed to explore the impact of the lived experiences of racism on 10- and 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom. The research responds to the relative... Read More about ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds.

Animal ethics and primary schools (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Cundy, R. (in press). Animal ethics and primary schools. Primary Science,

Verity Jones and Ross Cundy offer useful suggestions for school policy development and best practice on animal welfare and ethics.

In conversation with M.G.Leanord (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Webber, A. (in press). In conversation with M.G.Leanord. Primary Science,

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.

If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society (2024)
Journal Article
Gorell Barnes, L., & Jones, V. (2024). If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society. Primary Geography, 113, 14-15

In this article the RESPECT team (Racialised Experiences Project: Education, Children and Trust) give an overview of their research about the impact of racism on the mental health and well being of primary school children, and share some examples of... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: Towards a kinder, anti-racist society.

Learning to care about the environment through picturebooks (2023)
Book Chapter
Jones, V. (2023). Learning to care about the environment through picturebooks. In K. Doull, & S. Ogier (Eds.), Teaching Climate Change and Sustainability in the Primary Curriculum (107 - 116). Sage

This chapter identifies picture books as a useful tool to engage children in climate change and sustainable education, and encourages teachers to recognise hopeful pedagogies in their practice in order to navigate emotional responses to the climate e... Read More about Learning to care about the environment through picturebooks.

Learning to love creatures that buzz and skuttle (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & clements, M. (2023). Learning to love creatures that buzz and skuttle. Primary Science, 179, 18-20

In this article illustrator Marian Hill and Primary Science teacher educator Verity Jones discuss insect appreciation and how you can bring observational skills of mini beasts into creative practices.

The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, S., McEwen, L. J., Gorell Barnes, L., Deave, T., Webber, A., Jones, V., …Hobbs, L. (2023). The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19. Children & Society, 37(5), 1356-1375. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12767

This paper offers a new child-centred methodology that explores children's visions of their futures, encourages self-reflection and depth and shares children's voices with peers and researchers, as unbrokered as possible. This final stage of a longit... Read More about The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19.

Teaching hidden climate threats (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Williams, S., McEwen, L., Whitehouse, S., & Gorell Barnes, L. (in press). Teaching hidden climate threats. Primary Geography,

Winning the GA’s silver publishing award in 2020 for their e-book and associated teacher notes, the team behind the resource creation reflect on the impact of their work and the importance of climate discussions in the primary classroom. Over the... Read More about Teaching hidden climate threats.

‘Make sure to stay safe’: Using art and trust to navigate research collaborations through an evolving social crisis (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Webber, A., Jones, V., Gorell Barnes, L., Fogg Rogers, L., Williams, S., McEwen, L., …Gopinath, D. (2023, April). ‘Make sure to stay safe’: Using art and trust to navigate research collaborations through an evolving social crisis. Paper presented at Public Communication of Science & Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Effective communication and engagement around a global pandemic require a thorough understanding of perceptions and experiences of affected groups. Children were significantly impacted by mitigation measures during COVID-19, yet their voices were sel... Read More about ‘Make sure to stay safe’: Using art and trust to navigate research collaborations through an evolving social crisis.

Seeing through the fog – stories of social shocks to empower youth voice and leadership (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Webber, A., Jones, V., Gorell Barnes, L., Fogg Rogers, L., McEwen, L., Williams, S., …Gopinath, D. (2023, April). Seeing through the fog – stories of social shocks to empower youth voice and leadership. Paper presented at Public Communication of Science & Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (Article 12) clearly states that children have the right to be to be heard and to have their views taken seriously. However, their voices are seldom listened to or considered in policy making and policy de... Read More about Seeing through the fog – stories of social shocks to empower youth voice and leadership.

Young people, climate change and fast fashion futures (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Podpadec, T. (2023). Young people, climate change and fast fashion futures. Environmental Education Research, 29(11), 1692-1708. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2181269

Young people are key stakeholders in the future, but their stake is rarely considered in decision making and policy development. In this paper we explore how climate change education can allow the voices of young people to be listened to and help you... Read More about Young people, climate change and fast fashion futures.

The poetry of SDGs (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., Hayward, M., Downing, G., & Buckingham, S. (2023). The poetry of SDGs. Primary Science, 177, 27

Student teachers from UWE, Bristol spent 3 days supporting pupils in the exploration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here they share how teaching about the SDGs during National Poetry Week both engaged and enabled important learning.... Read More about The poetry of SDGs.

Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., McEwen, L., Webber, A., Williams, S., Deave, T., Hobbs, L., …Gorell Barnes, L. (2023). Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats. Primary Science, 7-9

In this article, the Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery (VIP- CLEAR) team talk about the research they have undertaken in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the voices of children need to be listened t... Read More about Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats.

The poetry of SDGs (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., Buckingham, S., Hayward, M., & Downing, G. (in press). The poetry of SDGs. Primary Science,

In April 2022, the government released their strategy for the education and children’s services systems relating to sustainability and climate change. The first of the strategic aims in this document was that the UK achieve excellence in education an... Read More about The poetry of SDGs.

Climate change and sustainability education in India and the place for arts-based practice: Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Gupta, N., & Mitre, S. (2023). Climate change and sustainability education in India and the place for arts-based practice: Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands. London Review of Education, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.14324/lre.20.1.48

In 2019 India was ranked seventh most affected nation by climate change, yet 65 per cent of the Indian population had not heard of climate change. India’s revised National Education Policy mentions climate change and environmental issues as part of i... Read More about Climate change and sustainability education in India and the place for arts-based practice: Reflections from East Kolkata Wetlands.

Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’ (2022)
Presentation / Conference
McEwen, L., Webber, A., Gorell Barnes, L., Gopinath, D., Hobbs, L., Deave, T., …Fogg Rogers, L. (2022, December). Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’. Presented at UK Alliance for Disaster Research Annual Conference 2022, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI)

Children are unheard voices within the COVID-19 pandemic. We are unaware how intersections of complex factors in specific social settings have impacted their perceptions and are determining what ‘recovery’ means. ‘Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Loc... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’.

If Racism Vanished for a Day (2022)
Book
Gorell Barnes, L., Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., Vafadari, J., Pawson, C., & Podpadec, T. (2022). If Racism Vanished for a Day. UWE

This picture book was co-written and illustrated by 17 children from Bristol Schools. They think it's important to learn from children's experiences of racism so have posed simple sentences and illustrative responses for readers to critically reflect... Read More about If Racism Vanished for a Day.

Why children need to read about plants at a time of climate change (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Macleod, C. (in press). Why children need to read about plants at a time of climate change. Children's Literature in Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09511-x

We begin developing our relationship with and for Nature during childhood, and over the last 20 years research has advanced our understanding of human relationships with Nature. However, a focus on human-animal relationships dominates environmental u... Read More about Why children need to read about plants at a time of climate change.

Environmental education and the new curriculum for Wales: An evaluation of how a family of schools in a rural area used a theory of change approach (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2023). Environmental education and the new curriculum for Wales: An evaluation of how a family of schools in a rural area used a theory of change approach. Environmental Education Research, 29(3), 392-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2137470

This paper evaluates an Environmental Education programme where the barriers and opportunities for professional development, access to specialist resources, provision through technology and partnership are considered within the context of Wales and t... Read More about Environmental education and the new curriculum for Wales: An evaluation of how a family of schools in a rural area used a theory of change approach.

Sustainable threads. Using immersive narratives to teach about the climate, wellbeing and social impacts of fast fashion (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Millett, R., & Pykett, J. (2022). Sustainable threads. Using immersive narratives to teach about the climate, wellbeing and social impacts of fast fashion. Geography Teacher, 47(2), 79-82

In this article Dr Verity Jones, Associate Professor in Education at the University of the West of England, Ruth Millett, Learning and Engagement Officer at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, which is run by Birmingham Museums Trust, and Dr Jessic... Read More about Sustainable threads. Using immersive narratives to teach about the climate, wellbeing and social impacts of fast fashion.

The power of picture books: A pandemic tool to recovery (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, V., McEwen, L., Gorell Barnes, L., Webber, A., William, S., Hobbs, L., …Deave, T. (2022, July). The power of picture books: A pandemic tool to recovery. Presented at UK Literary Association International Conference 2022, Birmingham

This paper draws on 18 months of interdisciplinary research in partnership with Schools and Early Years settings across some of the most socially disadvantaged areas of Bristol, funded by the AHRC. The interdisciplinary team undertook an art based re... Read More about The power of picture books: A pandemic tool to recovery.

How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’ (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Ruge, D., & Jones, V. (2022). How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’. Environmental Education Research, 28(4), 545-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2032608

Schools are recognized as important locales for education and action to change food-related environmental and health behaviours. Research shows the potential for a whole school systems approach to integrate educational activities, food in school, and... Read More about How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’.

Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, V., McEwen, L., Webber, A., Gorell Barnes, L., Gopinath, D., Hobbs, L., …Fogg Rogers, L. (2022, January). Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds. Presented at Geography Teacher Educators Conference, Online

This paper will draw on ongoing research funded by AHRC which works with 5 schools / Early Year centres in some of the most socio-economically deprived areas of Bristol. It will reflect on how we have used maps as a way of exploring children's experi... Read More about Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds.

Making science work in the new curriculum for Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2022). Making science work in the new curriculum for Wales. Primary Science, 27

Verity Jones outlines how the Darwin Experience has helped to provide scientific experiences that support the new Curriculum for Wales

“It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Whitehouse, S. (2022). “It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education. Journal of Social Science Education, 20(4), 93-120. https://doi.org/10.11576/jsse-4551

Purpose: Climate change education and the emotional consequences this topic raises in the classroom has been largely ignored by researchers. This paper considers the emotional response to climate education in a primary classroom (age 9-10 years) in E... Read More about “It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education.

Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., McEwen, L., Williams, S., & Gorell Barnes, L. (2021). Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country. Water, 13(18), Article 2599. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13182599

Engaging young citizens with drought risk and positive water behaviours is essential in domestic water demand management within the wider climate crisis. This paper evaluates a new research-informed, picture book—‘DRY: The Diary of a Water Superhero’... Read More about Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country.

An integrated systems approach to food (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Jones, M., & Ruge, D. (2021). An integrated systems approach to food. Primary Geography, Autumn 2021(106), 12-13

This paper explores how primary geography teachers can situate themselves in an integrated food system approach. It highlights critical issues relating to food and education and reflects on how other schools in the UK, Denmark and Czech Republic are... Read More about An integrated systems approach to food.

Integrating sustainable food in school systems (2021)
Digital Artefact
Jones, V. (2021). Integrating sustainable food in school systems. [Blog]

Part of a special series about embedding sustainability in Education, this blog considers the place of edible insects as part of school food systems.

Integrating food into the curriculum (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Jones, M., & Ruge, D. (2021). Integrating food into the curriculum. Primary Science, 5

This article explores how integrating food as a whole school approach can support learning and teaching in primary science. It reflects on a two year, international study with educational settings in the UK, Denmark and Czech Republic.

Good enough to eat or just to hunt? Edible insects, the Sustainable Development Goals and the primary classroom (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2020). Good enough to eat or just to hunt? Edible insects, the Sustainable Development Goals and the primary classroom. Primary Science, 21-23

This article considers how primary science curriculum planning can be framed around the Sustainable Development Goals (2015). As a case study it presents how learning about insects on a bug hunt in the playground can quickly transform into more cont... Read More about Good enough to eat or just to hunt? Edible insects, the Sustainable Development Goals and the primary classroom.

Bug Burgers? The climate emergency and eating insects (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2020). Bug Burgers? The climate emergency and eating insects. Primary Geography, 103(Autumn), 20-21

Here I outline how a four-stage approach framed classroom discussion around the global food crisis and its associated socio-economic and environmental impacts. In the discussion pupils considered whether they would be prepared to eat insects rather t... Read More about Bug Burgers? The climate emergency and eating insects.

Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2020). Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens. Antenna -London- Royal Entomological Society-, 44(2),

Insects as food is not a new idea. In the Old Testament’s book of Leviticus a list of permissible foods is given; insects including, locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers are included. Earlier still, the Romans and Greeks were known to dine on beetle l... Read More about Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens.

‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2020). ‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), 894-908. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3655

Supporting young people with global crises mitigation strategies is essential, yet loaded with ethical dilemmas for the educator. This study explores whether young people will make ethical decisions regarding the sustainability of food choice in scho... Read More about ‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools.

Edible insects: Applying Bakhtin’s carnivalesque to understand how education practices can help transform young people’s eating habits (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Beynon, S. (2021). Edible insects: Applying Bakhtin’s carnivalesque to understand how education practices can help transform young people’s eating habits. Children's Geographies, 19(1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2020.1718608

Western European populations are being encouraged to reconsider their diets in light of population growth and the associated intensification of farming systems. In addition, health concerns associated with diets high in sugar, salt and saturated fat... Read More about Edible insects: Applying Bakhtin’s carnivalesque to understand how education practices can help transform young people’s eating habits.

The climate emergency and eating insects: Food for thought (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (in press). The climate emergency and eating insects: Food for thought. Primary Geography,

The children in our classrooms are bombarded with doom and gloom stories about the state of the world: food poverty, war, carbon emissions, water shortages… . Fellow geographers, David Hicks (2018) and Hilary Whitehouse (2018), remind us that we shou... Read More about The climate emergency and eating insects: Food for thought.

DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero (2019)
Book
McEwen, L., Gorell Barnes, L., Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., & Williams, S. DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero. UWE Bristol

This is the children's book (designed for Key Stage 2) produced as part of the knowledge exchange within the NERC -funded DRY (Drought Risk and You) project. The book aims to promote awareness of drought in the UK and of positive water behaviours -... Read More about DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero.

Adapting our diets for global climate change: Could eating bugs really be an answer? (2019)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (in press). Adapting our diets for global climate change: Could eating bugs really be an answer?. Teaching Geography, 44(2), 72-74

This article suggests different ways of looking at the global food crisis in the classroom and asks if we can ask our students to consider making radical changes to their diets.

A potent mix: When science and poetry combine (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2018). A potent mix: When science and poetry combine. Primary Science, 152, 16-18

Teaching science through the unexpected route of poetry can establish new and interesting understandings for learners. This article considers how to merge these two disciplines.

Using geographical knowledge: From floods to deserts, via nappies (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2017). Using geographical knowledge: From floods to deserts, via nappies. Primary Geography, 28-29

Considering how geography is an ideal vehicle for embedding real world literacy, numeracy and science knowledge in preperation for SATs through a case study.

Communicating environmental knowledges: Young people and the risk society (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, V. (2004). Communicating environmental knowledges: Young people and the risk society. Social and Cultural Geography, 5(2), 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360410001690222

In this paper I illustrate how an increased demand for the communication of environmental knowledges in contemporary society can be understood using ideas purported by the risk society thesis. In order to deepen these connections and understandings I... Read More about Communicating environmental knowledges: Young people and the risk society.

Living with plants and the exploration of botanical encounter within human geographic research practice (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, V., & Hitchings, R. (2004). Living with plants and the exploration of botanical encounter within human geographic research practice. Ethics, Place and Environment, 7(1-2), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1366879042000264741

Explorations of the boundaries between human culture and non-human nature have clear ethical dimensions. Developing both from philosophical arguments about the value of such boundaries and recent empirical work following the traffic across them, we s... Read More about Living with plants and the exploration of botanical encounter within human geographic research practice.