The curriculum as a Hope process
By Nicola Spurling
In spring/summer 2020 I researched and wrote an essay (available below) in response to the shifting tenor of public debate on climate change and the climate/eco anxiety that was experienced by my students. In dialogue with these experiences and my aspirations for the inclusion of climate change in the Sociology curriculum I articulated the foundations of an approach: ‘The Curriculum as a Hope Process’.
I am currently exploring and refining these ideas through my teaching practice (I currently convene and teach the module ‘Theories and Debates in Environment and Culture’ on the Sociology MA in Environment, Culture and Society; and, co-convene & teach on an undergraduate module ‘Climate Change and Society’).
If you wish to discuss these ideas, and collaborate on their development, for example, through adopting and exploring them in your own practice, please get in touch. I would love to collaboratively develop, research and write about them.
Nicola Spurling 