• Professional Learning


    • Community-based Learning for Sustainable Development Handbook File 1.8MB PDF document

      A handbook from the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning identifies principles and policy mechanisms to advance community-based learning for sustainable development. It clarifies the international vision and goals for sustainable development, and education for sustainable development, and identifies the potential contributions of community-based learning centres and organizations.

    • Citizen Science in Curriculum for Excellence guide File 2.4MB PDF document

      Citizen science promotes volunteering and intergenerational learning. It connects people to their local communities and nature. Education Scotland has just published a new Citizen Science in Curriculum for Excellence Guide which introduces Citizen Science, a brief history and contains links to resources to support learning.

    • Resilience game URL

      In the interactive Resilience game from Harvard University, you will learn how the choices we make can help children and the community as a whole become more resilient in the face of serious challenges. Negative events can occur at any moment, and it’s your job to choose positive events to counteract these negatives.

    • Small steps, big changes seminar – 27 February 2014 File 175.2KB PDF document

      This seminar - Small Steps-Big Changes- the Learning for Sustainability dimension of Community learning and Development was co-delivered by members of the National CLD working group and Learning for Sustainability Scotland on 27 February 2014. The seminar aimed to bring together, and to encourage increased co-working between those with community learning and development (CLD) and learning for sustainability (LFS) experience and expertise.

    • Learning for Sustainability presentation – CLDMS conference File 9.4MB Powerpoint presentation

      2014 Powerpoint point presentation which accompanied the ‘Science, there’s an app for that’, workshop delivered by Education Scotland at the 2014 National Youth Work Week conference.

    • Citizen Science presentation – National Youth Work Conference 2014 File 27.3MB Powerpoint presentation

      Powerpoint point presentation which accompanied the ‘Science, there’s an app for that’, workshop delivered by Education Scotland at the 2014 National Youth Work Week conference.

    • Citizen Science resources File 339.5KB PDF document

      This Education Scotland resource provides information on web based resources and links to support Citizen Science projects and activities.

    • CITIZEN SCIENCE – Science for everyone File 189.8KB PDF document
      A useful guide to Citizen Science and Curriculum for Excellence produced by The Conservation Volunteers for teachers and educators. The links and resources provided are equally applicable to learning in a formal and non-formal setting.
    • Outdoor learning in youth work URL
      Download the Outdoor Learning special edition of ‘Link’ which contains a rich set of examples of how outdoor learning features in the work of many youth work organisations in Scotland.
    • Outdoor Learning online resource File 239.3KB PDF document

      Outdoor Learning online resource This resource offers links which provide support to build confidence and capacity in the delivery of outdoor learning. All of the documents can be found on the Education Scotland Outdoor Learning resource.

    • Global Citizenship –Youth worker resources URL
      A Global Citizenship resource for youth work. Using six everyday commodities as a starting point to explore global interdependencies; water, tobacco, chocolate, textiles, mobile phones and sustainable food.
    • Learning for Change (2010) File 1.9MB PDF document
      Scotlands Action for the Second half of the UN decade of education for Sustainable development.
    • CLD National working group progress report (2012) File 4.5MB PDF document
      This report from the working group outlines delivery around the CLD aspects of the Learning for Change Action Plan1 to date and recommends actions to further progress in the context of the revision of the CLD Strategy for Scotland.
    • Learning for Sustainability – One Planet schools report (2012) File 1.4MB PDF document
      This report from the working group outlines delivery around the CLD aspects of the Learning for Change Action Plan1 to date and recommends actions to further progress in the context of the revision of the CLD Strategy for Scotland.
    • Climate Change Act (2009) File 37.6KB PDF document
      The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 includes the target of a 42% Greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction by 2020 against 1990 levels.
    • Link to National Outcomes URL
      Sixteen National Outcomes describe what the Government wants to achieve over the next ten years, articulating more fully this Government's Purpose. They help to sharpen the focus of government, enable our priorities to be clearly understood and provide a clear structure for delivery. Learning for Sustainability contributes to achieving a number of these outcomes successfully.
    • Shaping the future we want File 7.6MB PDF document
      UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) FINAL REPORT.
    • Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development File 70.3KB PDF document
      Participants of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from 10 to 12 November 2014, adopted this Declaration and called for urgent action to further strengthen and scale up Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), in order to enable current generations to meet their needs while allowing future generations to meet their own, with a balanced and integrated approach regarding the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
    • Conversations about Learning for Sustainability File 4.2MB PDF document
      This report was produced by Education Scotland as a result of a series of conversations with educational establishment across Scotland. Twenty establishments in 14 local authorities were visited. The selected schools and centres reflected a variety of geographical and socio-economic contexts and included early years establishments, primary and secondary schools, and also schools for learners with additional support needs (ASN). All the schools and centres chosen had been identified as having interesting approaches or a long-standing commitment to learning for sustainability.
    • GTCS Professional Standards and LfSS? URL
      The values and principles of learning for sustainability have been embedded within the new General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) Professional Standards for all registered teachers, education practitioners and school leaders.
    • Community Growing Resource Pack URL
      The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG) has published a useful guide in support of community growing initiatives in Scotland. Based on the popular Community Garden Starter pack, this fully revised and updated pack is a comprehensive introduction to setting up, developing and sustaining a community-managed farm, garden or related community growing space.
    • Guide to Growing on Land which may be Contaminated File 5.7MB PDF document
      This Guide has been compiled by The Grow Your Own Working Group. The aim is to provide expert, technical information to help community groups who want to grow food to assess and tackle the issue of soil contamination. The information in this guide will also be useful to landowners, local authority officers and people who are supporting community groups who want to grow on potentially contaminated land.
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