Via my Google Alert for GCSE Natural History.
It will be interesting to see what the uptake might be. Will it be mostly teenagers who already have an interest in nature, wanting to know more, or newcomers hoping for an easy course? There are generations of families spending little time outside their immediate surroundings. From my own experience, I am concerned to see so many people whose primary contact with nature is via television documentaries, their views on environmental issues shaped by misinformed presenters and social media influencers.
Perhaps some of us can fill the gap and offer to help with the fieldwork aspects of the new course. Fieldsports are the original form of natural history in practice, so perhaps the onus is on us to engage proactively with local schools rather than moaning from afar should the antis take over the narrative.
The article quotes someone from the British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC) - a friend of mine Paula worked for them over 40 years ago... the article asks some of the questions that many others will also be asking.
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