Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond

Boyd, Diane; Lee, Kerrie; Scollan, Angela

Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond

Boyd, Diane; Lee, Kerrie; Scollan, Angela

Authors

Diane Boyd

Mrs Kerrie Lee Kerrie.Lee@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Education with a specialism in Early Years and Early Childhood Studies/Director of Student Experience SoE

Angela Scollan

Abstract

The seminar will consider how adults and children are preparing to manage sustainability in the 21st Century. UNESCO (2017) reminds us of the urgency of the current planetary situation. Gunther and colleagues (2024) stress the need for children to have the capacity and ability to question and be critically open to acquiring new knowledge. Sustainable Pedagogy promotes a children’s rights-based philosophy led from practice.

Citation

Boyd, D., Lee, K., & Scollan, A. (2025, January). Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond. Presented at Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series 2025, online

Presentation Conference Type	Presentation / Talk
Conference Name	Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series 2025
Start Date	Jan 20, 2025
Acceptance Date	Feb 20, 2025
Online Publication Date	Feb 25, 2025
Publication Date	2025
Deposit Date	Jan 17, 2025
Peer Reviewed	Not Peer Reviewed
Public URL	https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5005853
Publisher URL	https://youtu.be/EhCZouLpwbk?si=IEPsGJqRuc0JWK_W

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels