Move Me On 194: dealing with students’ current concerns when teaching the history of climate change
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Trainee is worried about how to deal with students’ current concerns when teaching about the history of climate change
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Nici Foote is worried about how to deal with students’ current concerns when teaching about the history of climate change.
Nici has come into teaching three years after completing an honours degree in history and politics. As an undergraduate in London, she was inspired by the ‘Rebellion Day’ action taken by Extinction Rebellion in November 2018 to block bridges over the river Thames, and she became convinced that the country needed to start treating climate change as a genuine emergency. Although she never took part in direct action herself, she regularly attended discussion events held by various campaigning groups and was involved in fringe events associated with COP26 in Glasgow.
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