The Voice of Early Childhood27 Touko 2024

Essential skills for social sustainability

There are 3 main skills for social sustainability...

Do you know what these could be?

Researcher Carmela Garcia Manas identified these skills through her research which are vital for children to develop for their understanding of social sustainability, and to be able to engage as active citizens as part of society.

In this episode we pose the reflective question of:

Does your curriculum allow for the development of these vital skills?

We also ponder on the fact that there is more training out there on what can be 'taught by the adult' rather than 'nurtured'.

To read and listen to the whole research series visit: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/articles/sustainability/

Tune into next week's episode on: Equality vs equity – is fairness an act of equal sharing?

If you enjoyed this episode you might also like to listen to Carmela's previous episode with Zanna Clarke, Principal of Miss Daisy's Nursery Schools, on 'Life skills over academic achievement' - https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/life-skills-over-academic-achievement/

Episode break down:

00:00 - Research on education for social sustainability
01:30 - What are the 3 main skills for social sustainability?
06:30 - Progression of these skills throughout the research
12:30 - Are these more generally life skills?
18:05 - Becoming active citizens in society
20:00 - Does your curriculum allow for the development of these vital skills?
22:50 - Teacher training in phonics but not in critical thinking?!...
24:10 - We have more training on what can be 'taught by the adult' rather than 'nurtured'
26:50 - Moving away from learning facts and towards learning skills
29:50 - Developing empathy and compassion as part of social sustainability
35:45 - Next episode...

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