Beyond the eatwell guide: Learning to value what we eat
(2024)
Journal Article
Verity Jones' Outputs (12)
Women in STEM - how one county is making SPARCs (2024)
Journal Article
On International Women’s Day 2024, Pembrokeshire County Council joined Pembrokeshire College in the launch of the Sustainable Power, Renewables, and Construction (SPARC) Alliance. This new alliance promotes gender diversity in these underrepresented... Read More about Women in STEM - how one county is making SPARCs.
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.
Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report (2024)
Report
Schools Under the Microscope was a citizen science project which extended the learning and development undertaken during the HOMEs Under the Microscope project by applying and adapting methods developed during HOMEs to the school context, to facilita... Read More about Schools Under the Microscope: Children measuring airborne microplastics in the classroom - Final Report.
Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Abstract
This chapter is about primary and secondary school teachers of history in England, and how they negotiate policy in order to teach sensitive and controversial issues which feature as part of the history curriculum. We present research condu... Read More about Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice.
Teaching alternative proteins – A cross-disciplinary approach (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper examines the role of education in addressing global challenges related to sustainable development through the lens of the agrifood system. We report on the development and testing of a flexible educational approach aimed at engaging primar... Read More about Teaching alternative proteins – A cross-disciplinary approach.
If racism vanished for a day: A billboard (2024)
Physical Artefact
The RESPECT team created a billboard based on the If Racism Vanished for a Day book. Unveiled in St Werburghs, Bristol, the billboard highlights the lived racialised experiences of children, which often go unheard.
The community billboard displays... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: A billboard.
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.
Animal ethics and primary schools (2024)
Journal Article
Verity Jones and Ross Cundy offer useful suggestions for school policy development and best practice on animal welfare and ethics.
‘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
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.