Katelyn Stainforth

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Katelyn Stainforth is a researcher at University College Dublin working on several projects exploring sustainability education within schools. Through her work she has cultivated teaching and learning packages that are activity-based and can be adapted into classrooms. Her research has focused on the development of children’s education and its expansion into sustainability and children’s rights. With a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and care she has used this understanding to embark on special needs areas while gaining experience in schools. Holding a Masters of Science in Education, Children and Youth Studies, Katelyn has used her sustainability interest to research Environmental Literacy in schools as a single town case study that focused on secondary school students. She has embarked on exploring the use of technology within education to further environmental education for all ages while in her current role.