Naturalist Steve Backshall Backs Calls for Natural History GCSE
TV presenter says nature education is needed after survey finds more than half of children have not climbed a tree.
Television presenter and naturalist Steve Backshall has voiced support for the introduction of a natural history GCSE in schools, according to a report by BBC Science & Environment.
Backshall's comments come alongside the publication of a survey suggesting that 55% of children have never climbed a tree, a finding cited as evidence of children's declining contact with the natural world.
According to the BBC report, Backshall argued that formal nature education could help address this gap, though further details of his specific proposals were not included in the available excerpt.
The push for a natural history GCSE has been discussed in education and conservation circles as a way to embed environmental knowledge into the school curriculum, though the BBC report did not specify further details on the current status of any such proposal or government response.
EGazette has reached out to BBC Science & Environment for the full report and additional context on the survey's methodology and sample size.
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- Backshall backs calls for natural history GCSE — BBC Science & Environment
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