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Nov 25, 2018
3 min

Is Outdoor Play Just a Big Waste of Time?

Some believe that outdoor play for children has little educational value. It's unstructured and has no obvious learning outcomes, you might hear them say. But is outdoor play a waste of time? Are children learning valuable lessons or are they just messing about in the mud? Should we lessen the amount of outdoor play to focus more on structured classroom learning instead? Well, unlike maths or literacy which can be rigorously assessed each term to determine a child's progress,

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Educate Not Advocate: The Key to Sustainability?

Alex Moxon

Oct 26, 2018
3 min

Educate Not Advocate: The Key to Sustainability?

According to Dictionary.com, the verb "to advocate" means "to speak or write in favor of, support or urge by argument; to recommend publicly." In other words, an advocate is a person who speaks or writes in support of a cause. But importantly, there's a big distinction between advocacy and education, and this is something I feel the need to address in this blog post. The Age of Alternative Facts In our digital age of Twitter feeds, "fake news" and information overload, it's n

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Can We Educate Today's Youth to Create a Sustainable Future?

Alex Moxon

Oct 17, 2018
5 min

Can We Educate Today's Youth to Create a Sustainable Future?

Changemakers are people who desire change in the world and, by gathering knowledge and resources, make that change happen. To achieve meaningful change on sustainability issues, it's crucial that the next generation are well-informed of global socio-political and environmental issues and develop well-formed values, based on knowledge and critical thinking. But being informed is only half the answer, as young people also need the confidence and resilience to make real change a

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Are Kids These Days Really 'Wrapped in Cotton Wool?'

Alex Moxon

Oct 1, 2018
5 min

Are Kids These Days Really 'Wrapped in Cotton Wool?'

We hear it all the time: "Kids these days just aren't the same anymore. They just stay indoors, playing non-stop computer games rather than going outside, and climbing trees, like I used to do back in my day!" - Anonymous Grandfather But is this really true? Are the next generation of children growing up 'wrapped in cotton wool?' Are kids nowadays missing out on vital early childhood lessons that can only be learned through active play outside? And are the next generation sti

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