Jane Chillingworth

Curriculum Lead @ACLEssex, MEd, FSET, co-founder of #SustainFE, member of SET PAG, passionate about adult community learning; views my own. #ESD #Adulted

[Jane Chillingworth @JChillingworth]

Thanks again to all who joined us for the #SustainFE #ukfechat on Thursday night. Next month’s #ukfechat is hosted by @dianatremayne and @ChloeFibonaccion on the topic of ESOL Class Communities. Join the chat # on Thursday 16th of may at 8:00 PM.

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@Realtimeedu @sustainfe Looking forward to it, Lynne. #UKFEChat

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@AbigailPioli @Realtimeedu Will message you on LinkedIn.

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Q6: Do you think AI will help or hinder our attempts to make education sustainable? #UKFEChat

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@Realtimeedu @JennyWillisAQP @sustainfe Thanks for joining us, Lynne. Such fabulous discussions with everyone. #UKFEChat

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That's all folks. Thank you for joining @JennyWillisAQP and myself for this evening's @sustainfe chat. Always fabulous to spend an evening talking sustainability. #UKFEChat

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@AbigailPioli If you’d like to find out more, Abigail, @Realtimeedu is giving a talk on this at the next #SustainFE meeting. You’d be more than welcome to come along. #UKFEChat

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@JennyWillisAQP @TheEAUC @jillyaqp Thanks, Jenny. #UKFEChat

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Q3: Why are some FE providers still not taking green skills/sustainability seriously? How can we influence their engagement? #UKFEChat

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@TheEAUC @JennyWillisAQP @greengowns 😊 Thank you @TheEAUC . We are equally inspired by you, as well as by all the members of #SustainFE, who are all doing such amazing work in their organisations. #UKFEChat

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Q8: Final question of the evening: What have you done that has worked? What/who gives you energy/excitement/enthusiasm in this? #UKFEChat

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@AbigailPioli That’s a very good point, Abigail. In a sector that survives on a shoestring, saving money is always a key driver. #UKFEChat

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@Realtimeedu @JennyWillisAQP Looking forward to your talk on this, Lynne. #UKFEChat

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@TheEAUC @jillyaqp Absolutely. For us, the comment sparked a conversation about how it could be included in the qualification and why it should be. It always comes back to the conversations. #UKFEChat

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@JennyWillisAQP @Realtimeedu I love the term ‘news hygiene’. #UKFEChat

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Q5: Practitioners are encouraged to embed sustainability in all subjects, but is this always appropriate and if it is, what role does 'how' we teach play in this? #UKFEChat

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@TheEAUC Yes, absolutely this. Now if only the govt understood the value of FE …! #UKFEChat

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Q7: This fabulous question is credited to green changemaker, Juliet Atugba: What could FE look like, if every action taken was in the spirit of protecting the environment? #UKFEChat

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@colettebutterw3 @jillyaqp 👋 @colettebutterw3 Great to see you. Just looking currently at frameworks to support just this, as there is a need, I think, to make their value clearer. #UKFEChat

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Q1: What does the term 'sustainability' mean to you in an educational context? #UKFEChat

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@TheEAUC @jillyaqp I agree re: the awarding bodies too. One of our early years practitioners mentioned recently that it’s not yet a core part of the apprenticeship they deliver. #UKFEChat

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@TheEAUC @Realtimeedu Could you help @TheEAUC out with this? Lynne is talking on this very topic at the next #SustainFE meeting. #UKFEChat

[Jane Chillingworth @JChillingworth]

@jillyaqp @JennyWillisAQP So should our focus when training staff be more about general pedagogies that could support the teaching of sustainability? For example, how to use tools like value ranking and assertive questioning (with credit to @GeoffreyPetty ) and focus on the affective domain. #UKFEChat