Recent news for Secondary
Edexcel is recruiting Examiner/Moderators for GCSE in Citizenship (26/01/2010)
Edexcel is looking for current or newly qualified teachers in their first year to be examiners and moderators in Citizenship. In addition to receiving payment for this invaluable work examining will also help to enhance professional development. Examiners/Moderators will also be entitled to a rewards package exclusive to Edexcel featuring a host of discounts on computer equipment, books, wine, music and more.
To apply and view role descriptions, please visit www.edexcel.com/aa-recruitment <http://www.edexcel.com/aa-recruitment> and select ‘vacancies’ and then click on ‘GCSE’ dependent on the vacancy that you are inter…
Citizenship Education and the Voluntary Sector (03/12/2009)
A new trainee briefing paper is available exploring the links between schools and voluntary sector organisations with particular reference to Citizenship Education. It will benefit schools and teachers who are looking to draw on the resources and expertise of the voluntary sector. Click here to to view full document
Citizenship and Politicization (13/10/2009)
A new interesting student essay on Citizenship & Politization can be found at:
http://www.citized.info/?strand=2&r_menu=sow
2nd EditionLearning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School' (11/06/2009)
The fully updated second edition of Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School is an essential text for students training to teach Citizenship as a first or second subject, as well as experienced teachers. This book edited by Liam Gearon contains many chapters from citizEd Steering/Standing Committee Members. The book will be published in July. http://www.routledgeeducation.com/books/Learning-to-Teach-Citizenship-in-the-Secondary-School-isbn9780415480291
Conference announcement: What are schools for? (28/05/2009)
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR? Visions and scenarios for the future of education and schooling University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland, 22 - 24 October 2009. Organised by the Educ8 Group: an international research group on social and educational inequalities: www.educ8group.org KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Professor David Halpin, Institute of Education, University of London Dr. Susanne von Below, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. For more information and to Download the call for papers click link below:
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/educ8group/educ8wroclaw2009.pdf
New Student Teacher Assignment (19/02/2009)
"What is the nature of citizenship education?: A critical investigation of the development of student voice as an aim of citizenship education" See http://www.citized.info/index.asp?strand=0&r_menu=students&x=1&foredit=false
New Schemes of Work & Lesson Plans (20/01/2009)
There are four new Schemes of Work covering 'Global Economy' 'Yr 10 Politics' 'How Citizens Change Communities' & 'Yr 10 Media Unit' Two of these units also contain Lesson plans. See: http://www.citized.info/?strand=2&r_menu=sow
EU and All That! Citizenship Conferences (18/11/2008)
Want to improve your Citizenship teaching? Need help in delivering lessons on the
European Parliament and Identityand Diversity? Then the EU and All That! Citizenship
conferences are for you.
http://hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/citizenship_education/archive/2008/10/29/back-by-popular-demand-eu-and-all-that-teacher-conferences.aspx
Institute for Communitarian Policies Studies (01/09/2008)
By searching for 'citizenship' some recent articles related to citizenship education can be seen at http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/138
Raising Funds for Active Citizenship Projects (24/07/2008)
There are a number of organisations that are offering funds to young people to carry out well thought out and well planned active citizenship projects. The tables in the link below contains a list of possible organisations that give awards and grants to young people. They all have different criteria, but the one thing they have in common is that they all require young people to be at the heart of the project planning and delivery.
civic competence (23/06/2008)
We are pleased to announce the addition of an article on civic competence for upper secondary students that has been written by Professor Olena Pometun, PhD, Head of the Social Science Education Laboratory, Institute of Pedagogy, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine in collaboration with a Euro 2M project (funded by the EU) in association with Cambridge Education and the Ukraine Ministry of Education and Science http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Civic%20competencies.doc
GSCE Citizenship Studies Draft Specifications Published (13/05/2008)
Draft specifications and specimen assessment materials for GCSE Citizenship Studies courses for teaching from September 2009 have been published by the AQA, Edexcel and OCR examining boards. These can be found by visiting the respective websites at AQA http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcses/index.php Edexcel http://www.edexcel.com/gcse2009/Pages/overview.aspx and OCR http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/1419changes/gcse/index.html#list
Human Rights in Schools project resources (22/04/2008)
This summer will see the launch of the ‘Human Rights in Schools' project, if you would like more information on the project, including how to order free resources and book a place at a free training session, please contact Helen Trivers (BIHR) on 0207 848 1926 or htrivers@bihr.org.uk or go to www.bihr.org/development/education
Talking through global issues. (17/04/2008)
Challenging thinking:
Paul Warwick offers a useful account of how to use Open Space for Dialogue and Enquiry (OSDE) to extend students' thinking about global and community issues. http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Paul%20Warwick%20%20paper%20from%20Cathie%20Holden.doc
Value and contribution of citizenship education - Two new student Essays (19/02/2008)
Two assignments from students on the PGCE at Bristol University who were asked to write a persuasive article for an educational journal that would convince teachers of the value and contribution of citizenship education. Click the following links: http://www.citized.info/pdf/students/Tracy%20Caller%20Subject%20Assignment%20One.doc
http://www.citized.info/pdf/students/George%20Boss.pdf
New Scheme of Work (10/12/2007)
A new scheme of work focussing on global trade, with the UK and China as examples has recently been placed on this site. It incoporates a visit to a relevant exhibition at Torquay museum but this can be substituted with a visit to a museum in your area.'
'Good Cit, Bad Cit' (13/11/2007)
A new article has been published on the primary strand which is also relevant to secondary teachers. In 'Good Cit, Bad Cit'. Jack Dowie draws on conversations with Hilary Claire to challenge the conventional view of citizenship and introduce a new tool for analysing controversial issues.
http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Jack%20Dowie.doc
4th International Citizenship Conference - Cambridge - July 2008 (01/11/2007)
The conference will be held in King's College, Cambridge, England between 28th July and 30th July 2008. King's College, is a historic part of the University of Cambridge and an ideal venue for our conference. We have secured six key-note speakers including Professor John Annette, Professor Carole Hahn, Professor Walter Parker, Professor Christine Roland-Levy, Professor, Professor Kerry Kennedy and Professor Sir Bernard Crick. To reserve your place, click the following link: http://www.citized.info/index.asp?strand=0&r_menu=booking&confid=87
Pimlico Crime8 Youth Offending Project - Reflective Commentary (15/10/2007)
The ‘Pimlico Crime8' project - more information on this to follow shortly.
2nd Intl Conf. on Engaging The Other - Oct. '07 - Michigan (17/09/2007)
An international, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary conference examining concepts of "The OTHER" from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about concepts of "Us and Them"
October 25-28, 2007 Dearborn, Michigan USA
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN http://www.cbiworld.org/Pages/Conferences_ETO.htm
European Day of Languages (02/07/2007)
On September 26th schools across the country will be celebrating the wide range of languages and cultures we find across Europe. This includes community languages as well as the traditional European languages. There are plenty of opportunities for students to be involved in active Citizenship on the day. If you are looking for ideas, have a look at the Nuffield Foundation's Education for Citizenship. You will find a range of activities which have been used at the Cherwell School in Oxford so they have all been put into practice and the students certainly had fun!
You'll find it all, and more, on the website http://www.citizenship.org.uk/ Hit the link from the Noticeboard.
Keep an eye open too for Citizenship lessons for MFL. They'll be coming soon.
Identity and Diversity: Citizenship Education and looking forwards from the Ajegbo Report (05/06/2007)
Peter Brett offers reflections on ways forward for Citizenship in relation to issues of identity and diversity in the light of the Ajegbo Report http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Peter%20Brett%20-%20Identity%20and%20Diversity.doc
Secondary Curriculum Review (21/02/2007)
The consultation began on 5th Feb for the revised secondary curriculum. The website for the consultation is http://www.qca.org.uk/secondarycurriculumreview/
The proposed revised programmes of study and draft 8 level scale for citizenship are on the site and there is a Mori questionnaire for people to respond to. The QCA would like to encourage as many colleagues as possible to participate in the consultation.
"Endowing participation with meaning”: Citizenship education, Paolo Freire (23/01/2007)
Peter Brett argues that Paulo Freire offers some useful signposts to help teachers of Citizenship endow participation with meaning
Interested in piloting new resources? (03/01/2007)
A range of materials has been produced by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to help young people think about the issues surrounding the use of animals in research.
The resources are bite sized activities which can be used together or individually so they can fit into your schemes of work. They would be relevant in Citizenship lessons because they are a topical social issue and explore the impact of pressure groups in this context. They also support the new GCSE science courses.
If you would like to pilot these materials, please contact Nina Hall nhall@nuffieldfoundation.org
6 new papers from/for NQT's have been published. (11/12/2006)
Papers from and for NQT's have been published today. These cover a range of topics : the United Nations; Effective small group discussions; Links, opportunities and strategies for citizenship with RE; Difference and diversity; Conflict; Citizenship & PSHE.
Paper on school linking and teaching global citizenship (04/12/2006)
Kate Brown argues that whilst school links can provide students with some understanding of a different locality, concern for others and a desire to help, these learning outcomes often reflect only a limited interpretation of Global Citizenship. Acknowledging this problem, she goes on to suggest resources and sources of support which can be used to make school linking more effective. This paper is in the Commissioned Research section of the Secondary strand.
New Papers on the Site ! (25/11/2006)
A number of new commissioned pieces have been published on the site recently.
- Three teachers share their approaches linking Citizenship education respectively to Holocaust Education, Literacy and Education for Sustainable Development. See : Linda Asquith, Citizenship and Holocaust Education
Jamie Burn Using a Whole School Literacy Strategy as a Contribution to Citizenship education and John Sander ‘Miles without Stiles' [A school project linking Citizenship with Education for Sustainable Development] - Another teacher discusses his role as a Citizenship Advanced Skills Teacher :
David Coulson-Lowes Being an Advanced Skills Teacher for Citizenship - Professor James Arthur shares two pieces of recent work respectively on character education and Human Rights: 'Research Report into Character Education', 'Introduction to Human Rights and the HRA'
- Michael Holdsworth, from the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, …
The English Legal System (15/11/2006)
A commissioned article from the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice explains the English legal system. See Commissioned Research page for details.
Conference - Citizenship through PSHE (14/09/2006)
A secondary strand citizED conference 'Citizenship through PSHE' will be held on 7th Nov 2006 in Manchester. Full details and conferenece flyer can be found in our Conferences page.
New Student Reflection (13/09/2006)
A student reflection, by Laura Johnson, of IoE entitled 'Gifted and Talented Pupils in Citizenship Education: The Opportunity to Shine' has been published today
New Student SOW published - citizenship through history (11/09/2006)
This scheme of work from two PGCE Student Teachers from Exeter looks to develop links to Citizenship education within a Year 8 History Unit of Work. The scheme contains suggested activities, resources and outcomes, and includes one in-depth lesson plan on the topic.
Research Article - Establishing a culture of citizenship (11/09/2006)
Jeremy Cunningham, former Headteacher of an Oxfordshire 11-18 state school, and an enthusiastic proponent of Citizenship Education, describes the challenges of responding to the 1998 Crick report on Citizenship and Democratic Education.
Global Citizenship conference report (21/07/2006)
CitizED co-sponsored a conference on global citizenship in Manchester in June 2006, enabling 70 beginning teachers to attend free. The theme was 'Making it Real and Making a Difference: The Global Dimension, Citizenship and Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education' (the project lead came from Manchester DEP). Around 120 people attended. See the conference report. Of particular interest to visitors to this site may be the QCA vision of the place of global citizenship in the curriculum - 'Towards a global awareness curriculum and pedagogy' and current thinking about the 'big picture' of the curriculum. We hope to make some of the workshop material available on this website in September.
Student Reflections (18/07/2006)
Two new student reflections have been published - by Farah Shaik on Islamophobia in the British Educational Sector and by Bei Zhang on Community, Communitarianism and Citizenship Education. These can be found in the Student Reflections area of the Secondary strand.
New NQT Reflection on Assessment (10/07/2006)
This is a very useful article for all involved with assessment. In it an NQT describes his efforts to ascribe levels to citizenship work on the media and how this helped focus his students. He also looks at the advantages of mapping different types of assessment in years 10 and 11. The paper can be found in NQT section of our website.
New commissioned research article (19/06/2006)
Paul Adams from Hull University, in his paper "Citizenship education, truth and learning: some thoughts on professional deliberation" offers some fresh and challenging perspectives on Citizenship education from a ‘constructivist’ perspective. Taking as his starting point, a seemingly everyday starter ‘matching’ activity from a Citizenship lesson, Paul explores issues such as reading as a learning activity and Citizenship education as ‘truth’; he analyses a pupil response identified as ‘wrong’, through the prism of realist and constructivist perspectives; discusses the teacher’s mediating role in learning; and finally suggests that, “much that is now proposed as ‘good practice’ seems to align with constructivist principles. The paper can be found in the Research section of the Secondary strand.
Citizenship thru Geography Conference Report (14/06/2006)
Over 50 teachers, beginning teachers, teacher educators and local authority advisers attended a ‘Citizenship through Geography’ Conference organised by CitizED on 18 May in London. The three main contributors to the day were David Lambert (Chief Executive of the Geographical Association), David Barrs (Chair of the Association for Citizenship Teaching) and Paula Bradley-Smith (Head of Geography at Torquay Grammar School for girls and part-time PGCE tutor at Exeter University. Peter Brett introduced the aims of the day and set the conference in context. The purpose of this conference was to explore what good geography lessons which explicitly incorporate Citizenship knowledge, skills and understanding look and feel like. See the write up and key messages from this very constructive day at the conferences strand of the secondary website. Pls see the Conferences section of the citizED website.
3rd NQT article published today (31/05/2006)
“Not a real subject!” An NQT’s Reflections on his First Year in the Real World is published today and avialable from the NQT link in the left hand menu or from this link
New NQT Reflection article (18/05/2006)
Sarah Carroll offers more tales and tips from her NQT year (as head of citizenship) at a North London Boys' comprehensive. See NQT item in main (left) menu or click here
Two new commissioned articles in Secondary strand (03/05/2006)
The first new article is by John Sander, Citizenship co-coordinator at Ullswater Community College who reflects upon the implications of the new inspection arrangements (Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) which includes references to the five outcomes of Every Child Matters) for Citizenship as a subject area. The second article, written by Ian Kirby, Citizenship Coordinator in a Whitehaven school reflects upon the benefits of deploying drama techniques to bring Citizenship issues to life. He shows how drama can help young people to connect and engage with events and concepts in meaningful ways. He seeks to allay teachers’ worries about using drama and suggests a range of practical and ‘road-tested’ teaching strategies.
Recommended student schemes of work (26/04/2006)
Peter Brett encourages student teachers to check out two excellent new student schemes of work on the site produced by Citizenship PGCE trainees - respectively by James Shoesmith (St. Martin's College) and Laura Arstall (Exeter University). The first of these takes the seemingly obscure and esoteric theme of 'chewing gum' and turns it into a model of active citizenship, engaging learning, and political literacy at literally a pavement level ! The lessons also have a real rigour to them in terms of, for example, supporting Year 7 pupils in extended persuasive writing, and a clear rationale explains the processes behind the lesson planning. The latter deals in sophisticated, practical and thoughtful ways with the area of 'conflict resolution'. It draws judiciously on material produced by OXFAM and Christian Aid but also throws fresh and revealing light on areas of the world such as Sierra Leone, about which pupils are likely to know very little. The lesson 'hooks' include a sculpture…
New Student SOW published (29/03/2006)
This scheme of work developed out of a felt need to tackle the issues of conflict and conflict resolution. These topics appears loud and clear on the key stage 3 National Curriculum (1g. The importance of resolving conflict fairly) but there is little in the way of direction. It is a 4 lesson scheme of work for Year 8 but could happily be extended in length, and with a bit of work up to Years 10 and 11.
Citizenship CPD Certification news (22/03/2006)
The DfES have agreed a phased roll-out of a Citizenship CPD Certification programme. The Department will subsidise up to 1,200 teachers (in total) over 2006-07 and 2007-08 at up to £ 500 per participant (thereafter it will be an open market with schools paying through their budgets). It is envisaged that around 60% of the participants will be from secondary schools with the other 40% coming from Primary schools and the post-16 sector. The Certificate training will be offered over the next two years by Higher Education Institutions across the different regions of England (often in partnership with local authorities and NGOs) or via distance learning courses. The Department is still working on the details in relation to training providers and the course framework and requirements. It will be a stand alone certificate but may well feed into wider professional and Master’s Level accreditation frameworks. Participants will work to demonstrate identified Citizenship teaching ‘Standards’ (the…
Call for Papers from ITE Tutors and schoolbased Mentors (22/02/2006)
The Secondary Strand of the website already contains around 100 varied papers and resources aimed at enhancing students' experience of Citizenship education in secondary classrooms (and produced exclusively under the auspices of the CitizED project). But as you and others return regularly to this section of the site we want to keep it fresh, relevant and dynamic. We aim to publish at least another 15 new papers by the end of 2006. This is therefore a call for papers from tutors and mentors. Subject to approval and quality assurance by the strand leader and the CitizED Steering Committee, contributors can 'bid' to contribute new material. For contributors of innovative schemes of work with a brief rationale (c.2,500 words or equivalent), the CitizED Project will pay up to £ 250 for contributions. For more extended papers, incorporating some academic cross-referencing and developed classroom activities with an analytical critique (c.5,000 words or equivalent) the project may pay up t…
Update - Every Child Matters (02/02/2006)
Working out the implications of the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda ranks high amongst the priorities of school leadership teams at the moment, particularly since it links closely to the new OFSTED inspection framework for schools. There are strong potential links that can be made to Citizenship education across all five key areas of ‘Every Child Matters’. In a significant new discussion paper, Peter Brett suggests some ways in which the policy rhetoric might be translated into enhanced classroom practice and Citizenship education might be kept at the forefront of headteachers’ priorities.
Citizenship CPD (02/02/2006)
citizED and the Association for Citizenship Teaching are organising conferences across all nine government regions of England in late March 2006 to launch the publication of a substantial Citizenship CPD Handbook, commissioned by the DfES and primarily written by Citizenship Foundation consultants. See the A.C.T. website for details of all the dates (www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk). This should be an excellent resource from schools and leading Citizenship practitioners will be ‘fronting’ active seminars and workshops looking at developmental themes and ideas from the Handbook.
Conference reminder (30/01/2006)
The citizED secondary strand are holding a conference/seminar entitled 'Approaches to Teaching Controversial Issues' on the 31st March in Bristol. A flyer with full details and online booking form is available at the Conferences page
Secondary Strand Update (08/12/2005)
The first specialist humanities colleges were designated in 2004. There are currently 83 of these. Each leads with either English, History or Geography supported by one or two subsidiary subjects including Citizenship. The following 15 secondary schools are amongst those which have Citizenship as part of their Humanities specialism : Alec Hunter High School, Braintree, Essex; Bottisham Village College, Cambridgeshire; Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Brixham, Devon; Darton High School, Barnsley ; Deptford Green School, New Cross, London; Edwinstree C. of E. Middle School, Buntingford, Hertfordshire; Freman College, Buntingford, Hertfordshire; Heaton Manor School, Newcastle; King Edward VI Five Ways School, Bartley Green, Birmingham; Mellow Lane School, Hayes; Pendragon School, Bromley, Kent; Plumstead Manor School, London; Ralph Sadleir Middle School, Ware, Hertfordshire; Simon Balle School, Hertford, Hertfordshire; St. James Catholic High School, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. There are app…
Forthcoming Events in Secondary Strand (24/10/2005)
The secondary strand of the project will be organising three conferences/seminars in this academic year on respectively Teaching Controversial Issues (31 March 2006, Bristol); The Global Citizenship Dimension in Initial Teacher Education (19 or 26 May 2006, Manchester); Citizenship and ICT (joint with the Association for Citizenship Teaching) (June 2006). Please contact Roma Woodward if you are interested in attending the first of these conferences on Teaching Controversial Issues at the University of Bristol, School of Education on 31 March 2006. The programme will include workshops by Julia Fiehn, Ted Huddleston and Balbir Sohal and a keynote presentation by Chris Waller. There will also be ‘poster’ presentations by PGCE Citizenship trainees from the Bristol and Exeter courses. The Global Citizenship conference based at Manchester Metropolitan University in late May (date to be confirmed) is called ‘Making it Real and Making a Difference’ and will focus on the Global Dimension, Cit…
Research Article on Global Citizenship thru Geography (26/09/2005)
citizEd is today publishing a piece of commissioned research written by Paula Bradley-Smith of Exeter University on her experiences of teaching Global Citizenship through Secondary Geography. Paula writes 'The links between the Programmes of Study for geography and citizenship are evident in both their content and their approach. Enquiry-based learning and a high level of pupil participation are requirements in both subjects with the aim of producing motivated learners who are able to transfer their knowledge and skills. In this article, evidence will be drawn from a series of Key Stage 3 and 4 geography lessons on global issues to illustrate some of the challenges which can arise in teaching citizenship through geography.' The article can be found in the Secondary strand within Commissioned Research on the citizED website.
Student SOW - Active Learning (15/09/2005)
An exemplary scheme of work, produced by student Mary Morrison (Canterbury Christ Church University) on Active Learning has been published today. The SOW can be found in Students' SOW, within the Secondary Strand on the citizED website.
More than a one-off lecture (12/09/2005)
More than a one-off lecture : Citizenship within and across PGCE and other ITE programmes. A seminar took place at the London School of Economics (Rosebery Hall) on 12 July 2005. This was a very successful seminar which allowed for consideration of challenging issues about ensuring that whole initial teacher education cohorts are involved in citizenship education. rather than making a one-off tokenistic gesture in the form of a one hour lecture, this seminar explored ways to ensure that something much more worthwhile is achieved. Presentations were made by a number of speakers including Peter Brett (St. Martin's), Janet Palmer (Manchestr Metropolitan), Hugh Baldry (TTA) and Clive Belgeonne. Discussions were held involving colleagues from UK based HEIs and several NGOs. The report is available from this link
On 11 July 2005 Nick Lawson a trainee at the London Institute of Education published a paper on the cit…Conference Report (10/08/2005)
A report on the Fast Track and Continuing Professional Development conference held at Cabot House, Canary Wharf, London on 3rd June 2005 has been published. The report is available from the Conferences section of the citizED website.
Assessing Students Seminar Report published (09/04/2005)
The report of the seminar held on 24th Feb in York, entitled 'Assessing Citizenship Trainees' has been published. The report includes materials presented by 2 of the seminar contributors Ian Davies and Liz West.
New Commissioned Article published today (01/03/2005)
A new paper has been published within the Secondary strand entitled 'Citizenship education through community action: the potential for effective human rights education through community participation'. The paper has been written by Lee Jackson of Exeter University. It can be viewed in the Commissioned Articles section of the Secondary strand pages of the citizED website.
Citizenship and Sciences conference report published (07/02/2005)
A report on the Citizenship and Sciences conference held at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (Nov 24th 2004) has been published. The conference addressed issues ranging from recycling projects to stem-cell debate days and HIV/AIDS education. Participants were given the opportunity to learn about successful citizenship and science collaborative projects across the country and further explore cross-curricular approaches to furthering teachers’ and pupils’ understanding of the ethical questions that underpin citizenship and science. The report is available in the Conferences page of the website or from this link.
Using Debate to Promote Critical Thinking (14/01/2005)
A new research article entitled 'Using Debate to Promote Critical Thinking in Citizenship Education', written by Jessica Pykett of University of Bristol has been published today. The article can be found in the Secondary Strand - Commissioned Research Articles.
Citizenship and Sciences Education (01/10/2004)
More details of the Citizenship and Sciences Education conference, 24th November 2004 have been published. A conference agenda and booking form can be found in the Conferences section of the Secondary Strand pages.
Citizenship education for sustainable development (12/07/2004)
is the title of a new article by John Huckle (part-time ESD consultant) posted today, within the secondary strand of citizED. Abstract: In 2003 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) published an action plan for education for sustainable development (ESD). In promoting this plan the Secretary of State emphasised the links between ESD and education for global citizenship. This article explores these links in the context of the ITT citizenship education curriculum and begins by setting the action plan in the context of recent history and the reconfiguration of political power.
Student Reflections (07/07/2004)
An essay titled 'Education for democracy in an autocratic formal education system: increasing student participation in schools' written by Kate Brown (Tutor Jeremy Hayward) at IoE has just been posted to the website. It can be found from the left menu by clicking 'Student Teachers'.
Briefing Papers for subject mentors (07/06/2004)
We are in the process of preparing briefing papers to support citizenship subject mentors. These briefing notes will cover: · Citizenship, partnership and the implications for the QTT standards for training citizenship teachers · The mentor’s training role (development of subject knowledge, teaching and learning, Citizenship and ICT, creating individualised learning programmes) · The mentor’s management role (timetables and wider curricular experiences, cross-curricular citizenship, transition issues) · Helping beginning teachers to assess citizenship · The assessment of beginning teachers · Sources of support and further information Mentors attending the mentor conference on October 11th will be able to evaluate the draft materials.
Mentor Conference announced (04/06/2004)
This conference which is designed to specifically meet the needs of citizenship mentors in schools has been moved from the summer to the autumn term. It will now be held in Canterbury on October 11th. Issues for mentors that arise from this year’s PGCE course evaluations will be addressed and participants will have an opportunity to evaluate the first draft of the Citiz-ed mentor support materials (briefing notes). We will also invite teachers from the post 16 sector who may wish to become involved in Citizenship Education and ITT. Further details are at the 'Conferences' link.
Research articles commissioned (01/06/2004)
We have now commissioned three pieces of research for the secondary strand. The first entitled ‘What You Give is What You Get – a preliminary examination of the influence of teacher perceptions of the role of Citizenship education on its delivery, status and effectiveness in schools’ by Ralph Leighton, senior lecturer in education at Canterbury Christchurch University College, is already published on the web-site. Go to the ‘Commissioned Research’ link. Other articles on 'Using Debate to Promote Critical Thinking in Citizenship Education' by Jessica Pyke from the University of Bristol and 'the Organising of School-based Citizenship Training' by Jill Martin from Anglia Polytechnic University are in the pipeline.
Secondary Seminar Report (27/05/2004)
On 11th May we held a seminar at York University entitled ‘PSHE and Citizenship – Progression from Key Stage 2’. The seminar provided an opportunity for participants from secondary PGCE courses to debate the questions and issues relating to PSHE and Citizenship Education and progression from K S 2 with colleagues from primary schools, PGCE primary and undergraduate courses and others. Questions such as: -What do secondary schools have to learn from good practice in primary schools? -What can key stage 3 teachers expect pupils to have learned about Citizenship in KS2? -When so many secondary schools locating their Citizenship studies in the PSHE department, is it possible to retain the integrity of both subjects? Are they similar or fundamentally different in nature? The seminar attracted sixteen delegates including HEI tutors from seven ITT providers, trainees, the Institute for Citizenship, a local primary headteacher, research students, an advisory teacher and a representative f…
Secondary Conference Report (17/05/2004)
On 27th April we held a conference at Manchester Metropolitan University, Institute of Education entitled ‘Citizenship Education and Community Involvement’ . This attracted delegates from six different ITT providers, mentors, NQTs, trainees, an LEA adviser for citizenship, representatives from the Teacher Training Agency, HMI, Dfes and NGOs working with schools and training providers. Go to the ‘Conferences’ link for a full report.
6 new student reflections (25/03/2004)
Tutors from Plymouth, Canterbury, York and Bristol have submitted outstanding essays from their student teachers and these have been published on Citized. The students each receive £100 for these essays.