A Curriculum for Excellence - Global CitizenshipEducation plays a vital role in helping children and young people recognise their responsibilities as citizens of the global community, it equips them with the skills required to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. By including the global dimension in teaching, links can easily be made between local and global issues and young people are given the opportunity to:
• Critically examine their own values and attitudes.
• Appreciate the similarities between peoples everywhere, and learn to value diversity.
• Understand the global context of their local lives.
• Develop skills that will enable them to combat injustice, prejudice and discrimination.
Responsible citizenship is one of the four purposes of A Curriculum for Excellence. The strategies for learning and teaching that support education for citizenship also contribute to the other purposes of A Curriculum for Excellence - they help to develop young people’s ability to be effective contributors, successful learners and confident individuals.
Elaine Magor
Elaine Magor, Quality Improvement Officer, is one of Argyll & Bute Council’s education authority contacts for Global Citizenship. Elaine is based at the Oban Education Office and can be contacted on 01631 564908.
Education for Citizenship in Scotland
www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship - External site
'Education for Citizenship in Scotland', Learning and Teaching Scotland 2002, describes citizenship as being about: the exercise of rights and responsibilities within communities at local, national and global levels; and making informed decisions, and taking thoughtful and responsible action, locally and globally. The Scottish approach to education for citizenship differs from others areas of the United Kingdom, because it has not introduced a new subject or curricular area called ‘Citizenship'. Instead, it is expected that all subjects will make their relevance to education for citizenship explicit, and that the purposes and issues associated with citizenship will be developed through whole-school and cross-curricular activities.
Raising awareness of important citizenship issues facing communities now and in the future is an important part of education for citizenship. These issues include: human rights, sustainable development, peace and conflict resolution, social equality and appreciation of diversity.
EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP
EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP
wwww.hmie.gov.uk
Recent publication – Education for Citizenship : A Portrait of Current Practice in Scottish Schools and Pre-School Centres.
October 2006
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AUDIT
www.oxfam.org.uk - External site
Description:
This free website provides lots of ideas on how to develop a school-wide global citizenship approach. To help you get started there is an audit template, so you can make an assessment of your current practices. There are lots of ideas on how to incorporate a global dimension into areas of your work such as the school mission statement, behaviour policies, ethical policies and how to include the board of governors and the wider community in your work. There are various assembly ideas and classroom activities for under fives and key stages 1 and 2.
Global Dimension
www.globaldimension.org.uk - External site
Education plays a vital role in helping children and young people recognise their responsibilities as citizens of the global community, it equips them with the skills required to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. By including the global dimension in teaching, links can easily be made between local and global issues and young people are given the opportunity to:
• Critically examine their own values and attitudes.
• Appreciate the similarities between peoples everywhere, and learn to value diversity.
• Understand the global context of their local lives.
• Develop skills that will enable them to combat injustice, prejudice and discrimination.
Such knowledge, skills and understanding enable young people to make informed decisions about how they can play an active role in the global community.
This site brings together curriculum information, resources, case studies and support for the global dimension of classroom teaching. The site is an invaluable resource for all teachers wanting to incorporate global citizenship into their lessons or whole-school activities.
The Global Dimension website is free and offers:
• Resource database
• Curriculum Information
• Case Studies
• News features
• Global Calendar
• Local Support
THE GLOBE PROGRAMME
www.globe.org.uk
The GLOBE Programme encourages pupils to measure aspects of their local environment and report their results over the Internet. Data from schools around the world are then available for pupils to use in a wide range of projects and activities.
GLOBE aims:
• to enhance the environmental awareness world wide.
• to increase scientific understanding of the Earth.
• to provide practical opportunities for pupils to increase skills in science, geography, citizenship, maths & I.C.T.
Includes a section on Sustainable Development:
Ideas Forum
www.ideas-forum.org.uk
The International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS) is a network of over 40 organisations and individuals involved in Development Education and Education for Global Citizenship across Scotland.
Development Education and Global Citizenship are the processes that foster knowledge, skills and attitudes which promote justice and equality in a multicultural society and interdependent world. The Network have a number of resources available for Scottish education to support global education. The resources cover a number of issues which explore global awarness, citizenship, justice and equality, human rights, the environment, sustainable development, gender awareness, race issues, aid, trade, debt, water, food, farming, peace and cooperation along with materials on many countries in the developing world.
Materials include a wide selection of teaching packs, videos, games, CD-ROMs, magazines, posters, books and photographs which are designed to support the Scottish curriculum.
Stride magazine – downloadable from the above website.
Stride newsletter. Produced by Scottish Development Education Centres,
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND A CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE
www.acurriculumforexcellencescotland.gov.uk - External site
TRINITY ACADEMY, EDINBURGH – Development of a whole school Africa Week
International School Award
http://www.globalgateway.org
Description:
The International School Award (ISA), developed by the British Council on behalf of DfES, recognises work on the international dimension. The Global Gateway website provides background material on how to achieve the award, case studies from schools which have gained accreditation and examples of relevant projects. There is information on how to apply for each of the different levels and you can also complete your application online. Templates and guidelines are provided to help you get started, such as an international audit template, international coordinator job description, international policies and evaluation templates. Finally, there is a page of frequently asked questions to help with any initial queries you may have.
Secondary Citizenship Lesson Plans
Four Secondary Citizenship lesson plans available covering different elements of the curriculum for students aged 11-14. These are aimed to stimulate ideas that you can adapt, expand and apply to other curriculum topics. The full lesson plans are available to download in both pdf and word formats. Topics available :
Global Issues Fairtrade Identity, race and membership The EU
Citizenship Material
Global Citizenship and Maths
Tullynessle Primary School - using Global Citizenship as the foundation for learning in the maths curriculum.Information on this interesting development and information on relevant website links.
Stride Magazine (IDEAS) Spring / Summer Issue pages 12/13 Ideas - Stride Magazine information
BOOK REVIEW
One well - Imagine all the earth's water came from one source.Rochelle Strauss
Imagine all the water on Earth came from just one well? As One Well by Rochelle Strauss makes clear, this isn’t as strange as it sounds. All water on Earth is connected, so there really is just one source - one global well -from which we all draw our water. All living things depend on Earth’s one well. Life would be impossible without it. But the water in the Earth’s well is threatened by our growing population and demands. What can we do to protect it?
One well answers these questions while telling the eye-opening story of water on Earth with the aid of beautiful illustrations and a clear informative text. One well’s call to action shows how every one of us has the power to conserve and protect our global well.
ISBN 9780713687613
£12.99
BOOK REVIEW
Dear Children of the Earth - A letter from HomeSchim Schimmel
ISBN 978-1-55971-225-5
£7.95
A letter from Mother Earth asking for help from children everywhere. Beautifully illustrated.
Superb for an eco-based interdisciplinary project!
Enjoy!!
Ethical TV
Ethical.tv is the first dedicated global online TV website for films, stories, news and views about ethical lifestyle issues that affect people across the world.Ethical tv aims to encourage and inspire active participation and empowerment through this first dedicated ethical online TV website.
Channels include:
Fair Trade
Health
Education
Investment
Environment
Campaigns and News
The Co-operative TV - The Co-operative's new online web channel featuring films, news & views from the UK's number one major retailer for social responsibility
Ethical TV Website
Uganda 2008
In July, 2008, fifteen educators from across Scotland joined together for a study visit in the rural district of Masindi, Uganda, sponsored by Learning & Teaching Scotland. The purpose of this trip was to learn from and contribute to the school development process in eight schools within Masindi District, working in collaboration with the Ugandan government and the NGO, Link Community Development. This is our story.
Uganda Trip Website
Primary ; Where is this Place?
An activity to explore perception.
Click here to download (PDF)
From Stride Spring / Summer 2009
Secondary; Challenging stereotypes
This activity encourages pupils to think about stereotypes.
Click here to download (PDF)
From Stride magazine Spring / Summer 2009
Resource for early years to 18
HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S WORKING? A TOOLKIT FOR MEASURING ATTITUDINAL CHANGE IN GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP FROM EARLY YEARS TO 18
This toolkit aims to help teachers target their efforts to deliver Global Citizenship effectively and measure the impact of their teaching.
After introducing the themes and learning objectives of Global Citizenship and some 'warm up' ideas, the toolkit details 16 activities where teachers can get some idea of pupils' knowledge, values and attitudes. Each activity has guidance on recording and analysing results, and case studies showing how another school has used this activity. Examples of activities are: "what would you see in a country in Africa?"; "how can I make the world a better place?"; "what's the same, what's different?" (when looking at pictures); and "why are people hungry?". The activities are appropriate for all ages and would also be worth doing with groups of teaching and non-teaching staff. An accompanying CD has all the images required for the activities and templates for recording results.
This is a great resource which clearly explains the point of each activity, how to run it, how to interpret the results, and what to look for when repeating the activity; with case studies providing examples of useful teaching strategies.
£19.95
Global Dimensions Website
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONSustainable development (SD) is the process of changing our society so that we are all living within the environmental limits of our planet and have made our society fair and equitable.
It is closely allied to global citizenship (GC) - being a responsible member of local, national and global society. Sustainable development and global citizenship involve addressing issues such as:
• environmental damage,
• climate change,
• biodiversity loss,
• discrimination,
• prejudice, exploitation and injustice.
Schools are now expected to link together the things they are already doing so sustainable development and global citizenship become a coherent theme running through the entire school.
It is also expected that pupils' learning will be based on taking practical action and being actively involved in tackling these issues rather than simply learning about them.
Planning a whole school approach – Audit Activity
1. Get a large sheet of paper and draw a table with three columns down the side and seven columns across the top. Label the three columns down the side curriculum, campus and ethos/culture - the three elements of a school.
2. Label the columns across the top with elements of sustainable development eg protecting the environment, caring for biodiversity, tackling discrimination and prejudice, valuing diversity, the global dimension, participation in decision making, and linking with our local community.
3. These suggestions are a starting point but if there is another element that is important in your school or community, feel free to add to or amend the list.
(See attached template) 4. For each element of sustainability, work your way down the column noting down what you are already doing about it :
• through the curriculum,
• through your campus (how you organise and use your school buildings and grounds) and
• through your school's ethos/culture (how your school organises itself, the behaviour that is expected and the rules and policies it has).
5. Once you've identified what you're already doing, ask yourself these questions:
• Can we link any of these activities together so our pupils experience sustainable development in a more coherent and consistent way?
• Can we make these activities more practical and hands-on so our pupils are learning sustainable development by doing it rather than just being told about it?
• What more could we do?'
6. You don't need to take on all the elements at once. You can focus on one or two, moving on to others in the future. Or, each element can be taken on by a different year group or department. Don't worry if you're not feeling too confident about any of the elements or you just want some fresh ideas and inspiration, there is lots of help available - see the information for sources of info, training and resources.
7. Once you've come up with some actions, they can easily be pulled together into a sustainable development action plan as part of your eco schools work.
Article and idea taken from 'Teaching Scotland' magazine. Issue 30. June/July 2009.
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