Carmela Garcia Manas

Headmistress Miss Daisy’s Chelsea, PhD researcher University of Dundee

Who is Carmela Garcia Manas?

Carmela is the Headmistress at Miss Daisy’s Chelsea and PhD researcher in Education at the University of Dundee. Carmela presents her work in early childhood education across national and international conferences and continuous professional development events.

Areas of expertise:

Education for sustainable development / Sustainable Citizenship / SDG’s

Peer exclusion is a major concern for preschool children. Carmela discusses children’s natural, biological need for belonging and dependence on the adult, how resourceful children can be, children not merely...

We reflect on children's nuanced understanding of fairness, extending beyond material possessions and entering the complexities of equality vs equity. We discuss embedding sustainability within the curriculum, the production, consumption...

There are 3 main skills for social sustainability which Carmela Garcia Manas identified through her research. In the podcast episode we pose the reflective question of: Does your curriculum allow...

Researcher Carmela Garcia Manas explains that children are followers, enforcers and creators of social norms. Carmela talks about an important finding from her research of just how highly influenced children...

Children's understanding of power dynamics are explored through the concept of 'possession as a form of power', in the context of social sustainability. Researcher Carmela Garcia Manas shares her findings...

A window into findings on children’s perceptions of poverty and race. The podcast episode delves in deeper with case study scenarios from the research. This is part of a wider...

This is the first episode and article in a research series around education for social sustainability by Carmela Garcia Manas. Carmela introduces her PhD research here, and breaks down the...

Do we focus too much on academic success over life skills? This is certainly the case in many prep schools. Zanna Clarke and Carmela Garcia from Miss Daisy’s Nursery Schools...