Emeritus Professor
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Biography
Donald Gray is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at Aberdeen University. He has a particular interest in science and sustainability issues , Goethean science, STEAM, outdoor learning, nature connectedness, 4E cognition and how these are addressed in educational contexts. He is currently actively involved in developing ideas in Garden-based Learning and STEAM Gardens with OSF Garden Schools: https://osfgardenschools.co.uk/
Latest Publications
Unexpected effects of urban food activism on community and human wellbeing
Local Environment, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 647-662Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Metamorphosis of the Scientist: A Phenomenological Approach for a Transformative Science Education?
Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene: Curriculum Models for our Collective Future. Fazio, X. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 173–191, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)A view from the garden: Interrupting the politics of attainment and Re-orienting Education towards sustainable futures.
European Educational Research Journal, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe extinction of experience and (re-)cultivating wellbeing and sustainability through garden-based learning
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Synergy of Arts and Science
Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet. Kumar, S., Howarth, L. (eds.). Global Resilience Publishing, pp. 135-144, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] Book
- Research
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Funding and Grants
PI ’International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) ODA Project Grants. Internal funding 1st April 2024-31st March 2025.. Sowing the Seeds in Teacher Education through School Gardens in Togo. £18,124
PI SFC ODA Internal funding.19 Dec. 2023-31st March 2024. Cultural Translation and Indigenous Voices in Food Growing School Gardens. £9,220
PI 2021 Internal Pump Priming Award, 1st August – 31st December, Community regeneration and biodiversity within a food activism and sustainability framework. £8794
2020 Submitted November. British Academy/ Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship. Goethean science: perspectives, prospect and pedagogy for science education in the Anthropocene. £59,470 (Unfunded)
2020 Submitted July. British Academy Tackling Global Challenges: From the Ground up: Education for Food Sovereignty and Urban Renewal through the Insights of M.K Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes . Value £49,854 (Unfunded)
2019 Submitted: Bundles of Technologies & Tools for Livelihood Enhancement in rural Africa - Natural, Economic, Cultural and Knowledge exchange impacts. BBSRC. PI Professor J.U. Smith, Inst. Of Biol and Env Sciences. £1,489, 044. (Unfunded)
- Career paths and Education Provision for Forestry: A Focused Study. 1st Jan. 2018- 31st Sept.2018. Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Forestry Trust. Value £21,000
PI A review of the Natural Partners Initial Teacher Education Programme 2012-2017. Forestry Commission Scotland. Oct.2017-March 2018. Value £7895
- Education, health and climate action through school gardens and biogas in Uganda. British Academy Knowledge Frontiers 2017 application. (Not funded). £48376.
Co-applicant and grant holder Aberdeen City Community Growing Spaces funding with Bob Donald, One Seed Forward, and Laura Colucci-Gray. School Gardens Project. 1st October 2017 – 31st July 2018. Value £14,841.
Erasmus Consortium. e-InFo-TED - Electronic International Forum for Teacher Educator Development Total Budget – seven European partners €406,741 Aberdeen : €37,605. Lead. Prof. Kari Smith, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Grant Holder and PI British Academy International Mobility Scheme in collaboration with University of San Andres, Buenos Aires. Creativity in Science Education and Science Teacher Education. Value.
£26,145. 2013-2016
Grant Holder and PI. Kick Start Award with Creative Star learning Company. To develop and pilot a student internship scheme for outdoor learning focusing on WordPlay Ground project. £5,000
Grant Holder. University of Aberdeen, CPD Pump Priming Fund. Aberdeen/Argentina ATLAC developments. Nov 2011-April 2012 £3,000.
Grant Holder and PI. Using extreme sports as an approach to Curriculum for Excellence. Research and development pilot with Transition Extreme. Sporting Chance Star Award.
Nov.2011-Mar. 2012 £5,000
Grant Holder and PI. Arts as a Tool for Learning Across the Curriculum (ATLAC). Scottish Arts Council. May 2008-October 2009, £28,500
Grant Holder and PI. College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen, seed funding 2007: Science, Society and Sustainability. Changing Paradigms, Changing Pedagogies: New Challenges for Science Education. £1,000
Grant Holder and PI. University of Strathclyde Research and Development grant: A Comparative Collaborative Study on Pedagogical Approaches to Controversial Issues in Science Education, January- November 2003 £2,892
Grant Holder and Principal Investigator (PI). Biotechnology Summer School Evaluation June 2001- June 2003, SAPS/Wellcome Trust £20,000
Grant Holder and PI. Evidence-based Practice in the Secondary Science Department, March- September 2001, Scottish Executive £1950
- Publications
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Unexpected effects of urban food activism on community and human wellbeing
Local Environment, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 647-662Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Metamorphosis of the Scientist: A Phenomenological Approach for a Transformative Science Education?
Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene: Curriculum Models for our Collective Future. Fazio, X. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 173–191, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)A view from the garden: Interrupting the politics of attainment and Re-orienting Education towards sustainable futures.
European Educational Research Journal, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe extinction of experience and (re-)cultivating wellbeing and sustainability through garden-based learning
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Synergy of Arts and Science
Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet. Kumar, S., Howarth, L. (eds.). Global Resilience Publishing, pp. 135-144, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] Book
Childhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6ydfb
Childhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness.
Working Papers: Working PapersChildhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness.
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6ydfb/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6ydfb
Critical thinking in the flesh: movement and metaphors in a world in flux
Critical Thinking in Biology and Environmental Education: Facing Challenges in a Post-Truth World. Puig, B., Jiménez-Aleixandre., M. P. (eds.). Springer, pp. 21-39, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersCultivating primary creativities in STEAM gardens
Unlocking Research: Sculpting New Creativities for Primary Education. Burnard, P., Loughrey, M. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 146-161, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters