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Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga PūtaiaoRedacted text
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The Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao (sciencelearn.org.nz) is a large online portal funded by MBIE to make contemporary NZ research and development more visible and accessible to schools and kura. In 2020, the Science Learning Hub team received additional funding from MfE to develop bespoke educational resources to support the release of Our Atmosphere and Climate 2020.
We welcome the opportunity to respond to the review of the Environmental Reporting Act (ERA), recognising that the purpose of the review is to extend the functionality and breadth of the ERA so that environmental reports have more impact.
Youth action is a key lever for driving community and national responses to climate change.
We submit that teachers and kaiako, students and tauira be considered as a key audience for environmental reporting, and that consideration is explicitly given to the accessibility and visibility of the environmental reports to these audiences.
By working with MfE and StatsNZ to develop education-facing resources to accompany the release of Our Atmosphere and Climate 2020, the Science Learning Hub has demonstrated the value-add that can be achieved by working with educators and resource developers.Redacted text
Schools and kura particularly value:
Resources that showcase how environmental reporting can be integrated into classroom teaching and learning programmes
Access to NZ data and opportunities to use these data to develop students’ science capabilities, including developing students’ action competency
Examples of mātauranga Māori and science working together
Learning about the environment takes place across the school years.
In addition, we note the relevance of the environmental reporting to the new NCEA Achievement Standards (currently in pilot phase), for example:
Science Achievement Standard 1.1: Develop a science-informed response to a local socio-scientific issue
Science Achievement Standard 1.2: Use a range of scientific investigative approaches in a taiao context.
We are happy to contribute to further discussion.
Dr Cathy Buntting
Director, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research
Director, Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao
University of Waikato
Email: cathy.buntting@waikato.ac.nz
Andrea Soanes
Associate Director, Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao
University of Waikato
Email: andrea.soanes@waikato.ac.nz
We welcome the opportunity to respond to the review of the Environmental Reporting Act (ERA), recognising that the purpose of the review is to extend the functionality and breadth of the ERA so that environmental reports have more impact.
Youth action is a key lever for driving community and national responses to climate change.
We submit that teachers and kaiako, students and tauira be considered as a key audience for environmental reporting, and that consideration is explicitly given to the accessibility and visibility of the environmental reports to these audiences.
By working with MfE and StatsNZ to develop education-facing resources to accompany the release of Our Atmosphere and Climate 2020, the Science Learning Hub has demonstrated the value-add that can be achieved by working with educators and resource developers.
Schools and kura particularly value:
Resources that showcase how environmental reporting can be integrated into classroom teaching and learning programmes
Access to NZ data and opportunities to use these data to develop students’ science capabilities, including developing students’ action competency
Examples of mātauranga Māori and science working together
Learning about the environment takes place across the school years.
In addition, we note the relevance of the environmental reporting to the new NCEA Achievement Standards (currently in pilot phase), for example:
Science Achievement Standard 1.1: Develop a science-informed response to a local socio-scientific issue
Science Achievement Standard 1.2: Use a range of scientific investigative approaches in a taiao context.
We are happy to contribute to further discussion.
Dr Cathy Buntting
Director, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research
Director, Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao
University of Waikato
Email: cathy.buntting@waikato.ac.nz
Andrea Soanes
Associate Director, Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao
University of Waikato
Email: andrea.soanes@waikato.ac.nz