LfS Connect: ‘Learning for Sustainability and a rights-based approach’
The General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Hub, developed in partnership with LfS Scotland, provides a one-stop-shop to help educators across the 3-18 continuum to ‘explore, engage, enact & embed, and connect’ with Learning for Sustainability in their individual practice – and the wider life of their setting.
A key element of the Hub is ‘LfS Connect’: which includes monthly online opportunities for educators to network and collaborate with others, and explore key aspects of Learning for Sustainability.
The LfS Connect session on 24 April 2025 offered participants an opportunity to hear more about, and discuss, ‘Learning for Sustainability and a rights-based approach.’
We were delighted to welcome Kate Vickers, Professional Advisor, Rights Respecting Schools, UNICEF who shared more about her experiences as a primary school teacher and the essential role of rights-based approaches to learning as a core element of a Learning for Sustainability ethos.
Click on the hyperlinks below to engage with this session:
- View the slides from this session
- View the introduction and ‘scene-setting’ from Learning for Sustainability Scotland
- View input from the General Teaching Council for Scotland on the importance of children’s rights as part of the Professional Standards
- View input from our guest speaker, Kate Vickers, Professional Advisor, Rights Respecting Schools, UNICEF.
- View resources and ideas for next steps with this aspect of Learning for Sustainability
Our warmest thanks goes once again to Kate for her invaluable contribution to this event.
Our next LfS Connect session will be held on Thursday 29th May and will have a focus on ‘Learning for Sustainability and the new Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education.