To inform current debate around climate change education (CCE)in the school curriculum in England, we surveyed the views of primary and secondary teachers(N=626). Results are compared with a 2018 poll of US teachers. In England, direct reference toclimate change in the National Curriculum is confined to secondary Science and Geographybut, ...
To inform current debate around climate change education (CCE)in the school curriculum in England, we surveyed the views of primary and secondary teachers(N=626). Results are compared with a 2018 poll of US teachers. In England, direct reference toclimate change in the National Curriculum is confined to secondary Science and Geographybut, unrelated to their subject area, teachers favoured a cross-curricular approach with most already communicating to their students about it.Feeling comfortabledelivering CCEwas correlated with reported resource availability, with most teachers considering only basic literacywas a greater funding priorityTeachers supported anaction-based CCE curriculum including issues of global social justice, beginningin primary school with mitigation projects such as conservation, local tree-planting and family advocacy. Local campaigning (e.g.,legal demonstration) was considered appropriate around the primary/secondary transition, with most supporting inclusion of civil disobedience but indicating this should begin at secondary school (11+years).