Education

Schools

There are 2 secondary schools, 11 primary schools and 1 all through school in the area. The latter, Ysgol Bro Hyddgen, has signed up to the UNESCO Associated School Programme network. A number of education providers have been working together to help local schools use the Dyfi Biosphere as an educational resource.

Dyfi Biosphere Education Group - DBEG

This group helps educators and learners get the maximum benefit from the special learning opportunities that the UNESCO Biosphere accolade offers. It is a network of both formal and informal professional education providers in the Dyfi Biosphere. It can identify and commission new education projects, provide signposting to potential partners, and give access to Biosphere related learning resources. Download the group’s vision statement and get in touch.

The Dyfi Biosphere Partnership has started a six-month project from February 2018, to create new opportunities for young people to envision a sustainable future for the area. This will build on the work done by members of the Dyfi Biosphere Education Group since 2010. A local consultant, Jane Powell, has been appointed to work with the Education Group and others - to find new ways to engage young people in discussions about energy, food, jobs and culture in the area.

Learning about the Dyfi Biosphere will enable learners to:

Understand what Biosphere Reserves are, and why they are important
Appreciate why there is a Biosphere Reserve in the Dyfi Valley and its surrounding area
Understand how the Biosphere relates to local and global challenges
Understand the concept of change and how people can play a part in shaping the Biosphere to provide a sustainable, high quality environment into the future, locally and globally

Learning in the Dyfi Biosphere will enable learners to:

Observe real life examples of human and natural physical processes of change, and how they are interrelated
Undertake meaningful enquiries that explore the concept of sustainability
Embrace the inspiration of the natural environment and human achievements of the Biosphere

Learning for the Dyfi Biosphere will enable learners to:

Observe and engage with those currently working to sustain the Biosphere, and their visions for the future
Identify the values and behaviours that will contribute to a sustainable future
Investigate how they can play part in contributing to a sustainable future, as creative and innovative members of their local and global community
Develop skills that they can use to help shape that future

Achieving these outcomes

We will promote that:

Accommodate a range of different learning styles, both formal and informal
Offer schools, colleges, communities and other organisations opportunities for collaboration
Draw together different aspects of learning or subject disciplines

Facilitating the process: The Dyfi Biosphere Education Group

The DBEG is a growing and diverse network of both formal and informal professional education providers in the Dyfi Biosphere. The group exists to coordinate the delivery of effective education provision within a Biosphere context. As a thematic group of the Dyfi Biosphere Partnership network, it can identify and commission new education projects, provide signposting to potential partners, and give access to Biosphere related learning resources. It aims to evaluate the impact of its work through monitoring and observing changes in knowledge, understanding, skills, values and behaviour amongst those involved

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