One Planet Schools are schools that take a whole school approach to building pupils’ capacity to successfully, confidently, effectively and responsibly contribute to a sustainable future where people use the planets natural resources fairly. The One Planet Schools concept, which is inspired by WWF, brings together sustainable development, global citizenship education and outdoor learning to help deliver priorities in Scottish education including raising attainment, improving behaviour, inclusion and health and wellbeing.
A One Planet Schools working group, chaired by Professor Peter Higgins from the University of Edinburgh, has been established to provide strategic advice and direction to support the implementation of the manifesto commitment which states that: “We welcome proposals for the creation of One Planet schools, and will look at ways of developing this concept. This will include action to continue the development of professional standards around sustainability education and leadership within our schools on environmental issues”.
The group will focus primarily on how best to support the development of whole school approaches and inform developments in professional standards and teacher education. This should enable a sharper, more coherent approach to sustainable development, global citizenship education and outdoor learning within the context of Curriculum for Excellence. The Group will report to Ministers in Autumn 2012.
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