Dr Alexia Barrable was born in Greece and had a wild childhood climbing trees and rescuing tortoises. After moving to the UK in her early teens, she went on to study at Oxford and Cambridge, where she qualified as a teacher. Alexia has a PhD in psychology in education and conducts research on the human–nature relationship. She is passionate about spreading the word of the benefits of, and opportunities offered by, nature-based learning.
"We need to re-empower teachers to experiment and think for themselves."
Ian Gilbert (@itPressUK) on climate change, neoliberalism and making children’s brains hurt.
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Don’t miss out on @HYWEL_ROBERTS’ upcoming masterclass event! 👇
Hywel and Lucy Coy will discuss ‘#Botheredness: Making Learning Matter’ on the 28th of November at 4pm on The School Leader Platform of HeadteacherChat’s website: https://t.co/8r0yZwqFPM
I loved working alongside a colleague and his class developing our botheredness @HYWEL_ROBERTS approach. We explored the farming seasons in Ancient Egypt. It looked like some pieces of blue paper and fabric, but to all of us, we were farmers in blistering heat near the River Nile
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