Embedding
Global Citizenship
within Curriculum for Excellence
Roadshows for Highland Teachers 3-18:
Fort William, Portree, Ullapool, Dingwall, Thurso
Highland IE Group Presenters: John Tracey, George Glass,
Susan Belford,
Susan Appleby,
Thea Searle,
Janis Keast,
Audrey Kellacher
Aims for today
• The what & how of global citizenship
• Case studies – local to national
• Getting started – Compass Rose activity
Global Citizenship
3 Broad Strands
education for citizenship
international education
sustainable development
5 Principles of Global Citizenship
1.
Know, respect and care for the rights, responsibilities, values and
opinions of others in Scotland, and understand Scotland’s role within
the wider world.
2.
Develop an awareness and understanding of engagement in
democratic processes and be able to participate in critical thinking
and decision making in schools and communities at local, national
and international level.
3.
Understand the interdependence between people, the environment,
and the impacts of actions, both local and global.
4.
Appreciate and celebrate the diversity of Scotland’s history, culture
and heritage and engage with other cultures and traditions around
the world.
5.
Demonstrate creative thinking and act responsibly in political,
economic, environmental, social and cultural learning.
Why?
• Makes connections across learning
• Develops knowledge, skills and understanding and values
to be active global citizens
• Ensures young people can play a full and active part in a
multicultural society.
• Prepares young people for life and work in the modern
world
LTScotland Opportunities
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SCIPD – Professional development opportunities
PDW – conference opportunities
Masterclassers – regional support network
Online Support – online principles, policy & case studies
Education for citizenship
International Education
eTwinning with pre-schoolers
Staff in Woodacre Nursery created a request
on the eTwinning website to be twinned with
a school abroad.
They selected a core group of 10 children to
lead the project and correspond directly with
children in Italy with the support of the staff.
The children would develop an awareness of
their own culture as they compared their life
in Scotland to that of a group of 4- and 5year-old children in a school in Milan.
The children exchanged two mascots, two
teddy bears named 'Hamish' and Raffaella, to
help them to appreciate the distance involved
between the two countries and the difference
between both cultures. The nurseries then
exchanged emails with photos of the mascots
having adventures in their new land!
International Education
Europe Day – Gourock High
Morning - carousel of activities
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ice cream and crèpe making (Home Economics)
where does your surname come from? (History)
making a giant mural (mosaic-style) of a Picasso/Monet/Van
Gogh (Art)
learning about culture and basic language
(French/Spanish/Italian/German – Modern Languages)
popular European sports [boules, football] plus
talk/question-and-answer session from professional
sportsman – (P.E.)
talk from a European Parliament officer (Modern Studies)
question-and-answer session with French Assistant
(Modern Languages)
Afternoon events
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European Quiz – with most of the answers coming from
what pupils had learned throughout the day.
Unveiling of art murals.
Eurovision Song Contest – organised by the Music
Department.
Sustainable development
Roybridge Primary School
Washed up bottle turns into whole school project!
“The children themselves had decided on recycling as their special project.
We set ourselves the goal of encouraging whole families to reconsider their
attitudes to waste disposal and to adopt more enlightened ways of dealing
with their rubbish. From the start there was considerable subject overlap and
much cooperation from visiting teachers and parents. ”
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Making Music: Infants/8-12 year olds
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Art: Birchwood Mural + ‘First Glass Enterprise’
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PE/Dance [ music from junk]
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Litterbug Project Musical: toured all Primary schools
in Fort William
Linking across the curriculum
Mini Chefs – Yester Primary
Two teachers were given time to plan a whole
school project over three weeks focusing on
health and International education. Activities were
linked as far as possible to the school’s link
schools in Finland, France and South Africa to
allow pupils to learn about the culture, traditions
and heritage of the three countries. The project
involved many people from the community and
utilised their skills and talents.
Activities within the three weeks included ‘street
jamming’ to global dance music from Bollywood to
hip-hop! ; food tasting from South Africa, Finland
and France [ all prepared by the school cook and
a local chef] and other ; a food fair prepared by
the pupils; a European food quiz – and so much
more!
Other agencies opportunities
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Highland One World Group –
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will work with pupils directly by coming into the class
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Will provide classroom resource boxes
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Will work with staff directly and provide CPD
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Will provide ideas and resources across the 3 strands
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Will provide a network of partners with a wide range of
expertise and resources
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Eg Ecoschool, Oxfam, UNICEF, IDEAS, WWF,
Starting to embed global citizenship?
Build on what you already do?
How to continue…..?
eTwinning
http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm
British Council Opportunities
Comenius – funded up to 22k for the school
Connecting Classrooms – funded 36k
Global Schools Partnership- 6k per year
Regio – funded 42k regional partnerships
eLanguages – second language programme
Language assistants – free to schools can support second
language skills & culture in Primary
Global Gateway – connecting schools to the world
International Schools Award- recognition for your
international work
09/16/10
The British Council
http://www.britishcouncil.org
Compass Rose Activity
Development Compass Rose –
a tool for planning, investigation and enquiry
09/16/10
09/16/10
DGC Highland Glow Group
and finally………
• Next steps……..
• Decide on one thing to do to bring global citizenship into
your classroom.
• Set yourself a deadline!
• Thanks for listening and now it’s over to you…..