Do you have zombies in your classroom?

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A new article in the TES from Steve Brace. It explores the persistence of some topics in the school curriculum, instead of exploring some of the newer curriculum thinking and relevant topics for an age of climate breakdown.

I first heard the term being used by John Morgan at a seminar at the Institute of Education, although I had explored this idea in 2007-8 when I worked as one of the CfBT Regional advisors at the time of a new curriculum, and put together a presentation of such case studies (which included Mt. St. Helens and Kobe as it happens) put to the Rick Astley song 'Never gonna give you up' (before his own current resurgence)... as a reminder of the need to update resources and as David Lambert said on the first page of the GA's manifesto 'a different view'

“we may need to throw out crusty old favourites … in favour of… lessons that challenge students to make geographical sense of their own lives and experiences”

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