TRANSFORM-iN EDUCATION

TRANSFORM-iN EDUCATION supports teachers and students
to have the time and space to be less certain about what we know.

Recent blogs:

Hope in the present: a new research study, in India and Ecuador, supporting young people to reflect deeply on how they experience and connect to local sustainability issues.

A test of citizenship: Rosa Parks and how to educate for climate change
Schools have a democratic function to suppot pupils in questioning whether they conform to existing expectations or else take action to transform the world.

COVID-19 and the future of education
the pandemic signals an important moment to attend to the diverse uncertainties in children's lives.

I am made . . . by Rosa Simanowitz (13 years)

I am made of the winds ferocity
I am made of the leaps, the crashes, the rumbling of the waves
I am made of hysterical laughter,          rainbows, sunsets like autumn leaves
I am made of a waterfall of tears flooding down my cheeks
I am made of doubt, unanswered questions
I am made of warm hugs, the welcoming scent of mum’s homemade rhubarb crumble floating up the stairs, the safety of my home
I am made of dark nights, harsh words, feeling lost and alone - left out
I am made of fear, and hope
I am made of the uncertainty of the world and the certainty of my home.
I am made of hard work,             victories,       ecstatic smiles
I am made of defeats,    sweat and tears
I am made of not giving-in when times are tough, and kind gentle words
I am made of soothing herbal tea that softens the firm crunch of a rusk, the unnerving creak of the old rocking horse’s hinges as we rock harder       and harder still
I am made of warm melodic melodies, the slam of a door, shouts of anger
I am made of news stories of death, murder, violence,    but never stories of peace
I am made of litter scattered streets,    fumes from cars clogging my lungs, coughing,    wheezing
I am made of a world where ice melts, fire burns, wind roars and water turns to oil.
I am made
I am made
I am made