Cape - Climate Adapted Pathways for Education

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LITERACY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: • PROVIDING A KNOWLEDGE-RICH STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE SO THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP EXPERT MENTAL MODELS. • PROVIDING SUPPORT TO SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS TO DEVELOP TAUGHT CURRICULA, CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM, THAT IS UNDERPINNED BY THE COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND IMPLEMENT THESE PRINCIPLES WITHIN CURRICULUM DESIGN TO MAXIMISE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES’ CHANCES OF SECURING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE ABOVE SUBJECTS. • ENABLING SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN EXPERTISE IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE SUBJECTS.