Session 1 – 3hrs
Welcome to the National Citizenship CPD Programme
Title What is Citizenship and Module Overview
Synopsis
The aim of this session is to introduce course members to the structure of the course and start to reflect upon the nature of citizenship education.
Session Structure
1. If you have not already done so please ensure that you have registered as a course member via the on line registration form available from www.citizenshipcpd.com
If you have any concerns regarding your registration or the course programme you can also contact via e mail at citizenship@plymouth.ac.uk
Course members are asked to maintain a log of their course participation in their SKP (Subject Knowledge
Profile) which should be downloaded. Distance Learning materials will be available to support sessions 1 – 8. Course members attend any face to face session in any region.
You are strongly advised to also look at and study the Distance Learning Masters material on the web site to assist in your understanding of the context of each session. Both the core module and the Masters Units follow the same structure.
2. Introduction to the course.
This can be undertaken via the power point. Resource 1 Course Outline attached. This power point gives you an overview of the course and the portfolio expectations and the nature of how you can obtain Masters Credits. The Masters element of the programme is provided via Distance Learning and is available via the website where additional reading and task are available on a sessional basis.
You will need to download the following resources to support your studies.

a. DCSF Standards – this document outlines the underlying standards that teachers have to meet. The Standards have been incorporated within the University of Plymouth core module – Resource 2 DCSF Standards 2008 . b. Overview of the course – University of Plymouth – this document gives you an overview of the course. Resource 3 Overview document . c. Subject Knowledge Profile – This profile enables course members to record the development of their subject background – based upon the Key Stage 3 Programme of Study 2008. Course members should complete the initial audit of their background knowledge and understanding. ( it is not the intention that all members have to be ‘experts’ within each element of the profile but that due to course participation they have developed their knowledge and understanding of citizenship education – Resource 4 Subject Knowledge
Profile (SKP). Prior to the next session you should complete as many elements as possible of the profile. Remember to read the introduction which mentions the range of evidence you may call upon to make a decision about the status of your knowledge at this stage. If you have any queries please email us with any queries. d. Profile requirements . This list identifies the requirements that you need to be completed in order to meet the standards. A key element of this module is how each of the tasks relates to another and that they are all based upon citizenship education within your own institution. The Audit of your subject knowledge leads you to consider an area of subject knowledge you wish to develop and one that relates to teaching/an activity in which you will be involved during the course. The Action Plan enables you to help develop an area of subject knowledge the action plan will involve an external agency to help develop this area of subject knowledge. The teaching/activity episode with its associated topic/lesson/activity plans provides the basis for the lesson observations . e. The audit ( the DCSF/ACT Audit Document will be available from the website and can be forwarded by post) of citizenship education within your school leads to a formal presentation regarding the development of the subject within the school . The piece of extended writing is a useful summative piece of work drawing elements of the course together. The Presentations that take place during session 8 enables course members to discuss experiences regarding working with outside bodies and exchange ideas and resources
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Resource 5 Profile Requirements Fuller details regarding these requirements will be available from the national cpd citizenship web site. An example of a previous completed Portfolio is available to all course members on the national web site. The submission date for portfolios is September 27 th 2010 . More details will appear on the national web site as we wish to encourage e –portfolio submissions.

f. The Masters element of the course relates to developing the Portfolio and this work will be delivered by Birkbeck College and will be available via the National web site see wwwcitizenshipcpd.com
Course members will be emailed with more details about this component. g. Higher Education Tutors (HEI Tutors) the UOP(University of Plymouth) are appointing an HEI Tutor to each of the Regional Hubs, these
Tutors will be attend some regional Hub meetings and be available to support course members with the completion of their portfolio requirements. Those course members completing all or most of their work via the distance learning core programme materials from the web site can e mail citizenship@plymouth.ac.uk
requesting support regarding Sessions 1 - 8. h. Web support for course members – the UOP will contact all course members regarding how they can interact with each other, regional
Hubs and the National team. i. The £300 bursary per course members is intended to support course member in the completion of their portfolio. Payments will be made after portfolios have been submitted. This money can be paid direct to course members where face to face attendance is outside school hours.
4. Contemporary development of Citizenship Education in the UK
Developed under the Labour government (1997- 2010) as a formal curriculum subject following the recommendations of the Crick Report-
Democracy in Schools. Resource 6 Crick Report 1998
The Crick’s three strands: Social and moral development, community involvement and political literacy [developed in session 3] formed the basis for the new national curriculum subject.
The key question to consider is why citizenship education was introduced as a formal part of the national curriculum at this time?
Whilst reading the Crick Report consider the political and social context on the new Labour government at this time and the influence in particular of
David Blunkett. Who political development was through local government and he had a strong belief in community involvement. David was also a former student of Prof Crick.
5. What is citizenship education is (and what is not?)

Using the resources can you decide which of the activities described is a good example of citizenship education. Check your answers against the second resource sheet.
From this list does a pattern emerge? There is often confusion between Citizenship and PSHE as often at KS 3 they are merged.
Citizenship is about the PUBLIC domain whilst PSHE is about the PRIVATE domain i.e. both could teach about ‘ underage drinking’
PHSE would deal with the impact of alcohol on the individual whilst Citizenship would ask questions about what society should do i.e. raise the age for drinking, raise taxes on drink.
Consider some other Citizenship/PSHE linked topics and identify the PSHE and the Citizenship route through the topic.
List of resources attached for use during this session
1. PowerPoint – Outline of the National CPD Citizenship Programme
2. DCSF Standards 2008.
3. Overview document
4. Subject Knowledge Profile (SKP)
5. Profile Requirements
6. Crick Report 1998
Add the additional resources already on the site forwarded by ACT.