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The creation of interactive activity pods at a Recycling Education Centre
Pickford, Tony Ellis, Liz
Pickford, Tony
Ellis, Liz
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2015-03-18
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This paper describes the creation of interactive, educational activity pods at an education centre
at a recycling depot. The project originated from a new waste management contract between
Cheshire West and Chester Council and May Gurney (now Keir Waste Management), which
included the provision of educational facilities. Representatives from May Gurney and the council’s
waste management team approached the Faculty of Education & Children’s Services looking for
input into the proposed education centre to be set up in Winsford, Cheshire. An already existing
module on Education for Sustainable Development was modified to enable trainee teachers on a
specialist global learning route of an undergraduate programme to devise and create interactive
exhibits and activities for the Centre. Although a quite unique opportunity to create learning
resources about recycling issues, the process described in the paper illustrates ways in which
higher education, the private sector and local authorities can co-operate effectively for mutual
benefit and the benefit of learners. Trainees’ ideas also illustrated ways in which the, sometimes
quite abstract, concepts of Education for Sustainable Development can be translated into engaging
activities with implications at local and more global levels.
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Pickford, T. & Ellis, L. (2015). The creation of interactive activity pods at a Recycling Education Centre. Local Economy, 30(3), 370-381. DOI: 10.1177/0269094215578231
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SAGE Publications
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Local Economy
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10.1177/0269094215578231
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1470-9325