Recent news for Community Involvement
News from The Citizenship Foundation (03/06/2010)
For the latest news from the Citizenship Foundation click here
Effective Citizenship Eduction Conference (10/12/2009)
Discover how good Citizenship education can embed community cohesion in schools.
Plus, gain practical advice on the impact of Citizenship education and how it can
improve pupil outcomes. For more details click here
Global Educators Report (23/11/2009)
Schools and teachers are increasingly being asked to use a global outlook in the
classroom, and to appreciate the issues of identities and diversity within a culturally
cohesive context. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been leading the
way on pushing for a greater global focus in citizenship education and argue that
young people in the UK should consider themselves world or global citizens. Large
and small development NGOs have been keen to push their agendas and have
found Citizenship Education a good outlet to do so in schools. http://www.citized.info/pdf/external/Global_Educators_Report.pdf
The Diana Awards (27/10/2009)
If you would like to nominate an inspiring young person the next deadline is 13th November 2009. Visit http://www.diana-award.org.uk/pages/online-nominations.html The Diana Award gives valuable recognition to young people who make outstanding and selfless contributions to their communities.
Engaging Young People in Civic Action and Learning (15/10/2009)
The Society for Educational Studies will be holding their Annual Seminar onThursday 5th November 2009, 9.45 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. at the Courthouse Hotel, 19-21 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7HL. click here for further information and booking
Climate Change Resources (24/09/2009)
A growing collection of climate change themed teaching resources, lesson plans and activities - all designed to challenge, motivate and inspire young people to take action towards a more just and sustainable world. Click this link
The theory and practice of deliberative democracy as the pedagogical basis for an adult education for inclusive and democratic citizenship (13/08/2009)
This paper was given by Professor John Annette at the 5th International CitizED Conference, Hong Kong, June 2009. To access this paper click here
Global Citizenship Annual Conference (11/06/2009)
UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development/
Global Citizenship Annual Conference
Developing a critical perspective on ESD/GC in ITE
9th July 9.30 - 16.15 - London South Bank University - for more information contact
Alison Hatt, CCCI, Education Department, London South Bank University
103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, Email: hatta@lsbu.ac.uk
"supported by the Training and Development Agency for Schools."
Becoming Valueable (05/02/2009)
A set of nine teaching activities developed by Learning for Life that will enable young people to discover what values are and why they are important .
The back of the booklet contains all the resources you need to carry out the activities.
http://www.citized.info/pdf/external/Becoming_value-able.pdf
Becoming Valueable (18/11/2008)
A set of nine teaching activities developed by Learning for Life that will enable young people to discover what values are and why they are important .
The back of the booklet contains all the resources you need to carry out the activities.
http://www.citized.info/pdf/external/Becoming_value-able.pdf
Citizenship and Multiculturalism: A Critical Assessment (22/07/2008)
This research report investigated how prepared citizenship educators feel, to meet the needs and aspirations of young people from BME groups and what they feel is required from training and professional development to enable them to meet these needs. It is intended that this research will contribute to the development of citizenship educators so that they might adequately meet the needs and aspirations of young people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. Click the link to download a copy of the report
Community Cohesion: the experiences of an inner-city academy (22/04/2008)
Billy Crombie, subject leader for citizenship, gives practical advice on the challenges and opportunities for addressing community cohesion in an inner city academy.
http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Billy%20Crombie%20Community%20cohesion%20v2.doc
The International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship (ICEDC) (19/02/2008)
is pleased to host the following seminar
Student participation in schools
Professor Geoff Whitty and Dr. Emma Wisby Institute of Education and
School councils and school improvement
Professor Lynn Davies
Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham
Tuesday 11th March, 2008, 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Room 509, Birkbeck, Malet St
Places are free but limited and booking is required.
Please contact Elaine Kitteringham at e.kitteringham@bbk.ac.uk
Local Community, Public Services and the Voluntary Sector (19/02/2008)
A new Briefing Paper explores what we mean by the local community, public services and the voluntary sector, and then suggests three teaching ideas for how these themes can be explored further. All the activities also address the overall aim of the national curriculum (2008) to create ‘responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society'. http://www.citized.info/pdf/commarticles/Tom%20Harrison.doc
Free Active Citizenship Workshop. (14/01/2008)
7th March in Newcastle. Run by the Academy of Sustainable Communities and CSV. All participants receive a free Play your Park Active Citizenship toolkit. Please contact awatt@csv.org.uk to book a place or get more information.
Resources (17/09/2007)
The Council for Arab-British Understanding produces resources for schools. Further information can be seen at http://www.caabu.org/
Free Active Citizenship Toolkit (28/08/2007)
CSV is offering free toolkits which will guide teaching about sustainable communities and support active citizenship projects...
There are 500 free toolkits available to schools and other organisations providing citizenship education. Funded by the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC), the resource has been created by young people to encourage other young people to play their part in improving their communities and is targeted at 14-16 year olds.
For further information and and example please follow this link http://www.citized.info/?strand=4&r_menu=other_resources
Overseas Link with Plan- Ed. (12/07/2007)
The Travel Councillors Company wants to play its part in making a difference to the lives of people who are less fortunate than others, promoting the values of community, friendship and citizenship, which are such an important part of the Travel Counsellors ethos.
To download the flyer and please go to the following web page:http://www.citized.info/?strand=4&r_menu=other_resources
'Play your Part: Improve your Community' - A Toolkit for Active Citizenship (29/05/2007)
CSV has 500 free toolkits available to schools and other organisations providing citizenship education. Funded by the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC), the resource has been created by young people to encourage other young people to play their part in improving their communities.
The toolkit consists of a box full of teaching ideas and resources (games / pictures / cards etc) which will guide teaching about sustainable communities and introduce and support the planning, delivery and evaluation of an active citizenship project. The main aim of the toolkit is to get students to think about their communities and to inspire them to take part in a project that makes a difference to their community
To reserve your toolkit, free of charge. please email: education@csv.org.uk
A practical guide to organising and running a themed Citizenship Day (23/01/2007)
This guide, by EriK Stein, from Barking & Dagenham LEA will help teachers plan and run citizenship days which involve outside agencies. Citizenship days can help to meet elements of the national curriculum for citizenship at key stage 3, both in terms of knowledge and understanding, skills of enquiry and communication and participation and responsible action. See Trainee Briefing Papers
Questioning Community: Religion, Politics and Pedagogy in Citizenship (23/01/2007)
This paper attempts to present some exploratory, theoretical considerations for and practical pathways into the community dimension of citizenship, in particular regard to religion, politics and pedagogy. For full paper see 'Resources' and select Research Articles.
Academy for Sustainable Communities: creating sustainable communities (23/01/2007)
The guide contains two files and is a practical resource for Key Stage 3 (11-14), which introduces teachers to sustainable communities, provides them with an understanding of the careers involved in sustainable communities and the generic skills which underpin sustainable communities. See Trainee Briefing Papers
New resources added to Community Involvement strand (15/11/2006)
New resources have recently been added to the strand including a case study on citizenship education in a hospital school and a research paper on education for democratic citizenship and community involvement by Prof John Annette.
Conference - Citizenship Education and Community Involvement (14/09/2006)
A conference entitled 'Citizenship Education and Community Involvement' will be held on 7th November 2006 in Manchester. Full details can be found on our Conferences page (also a conference flyer).
Upcoming resources in the Community Involvement strand (13/07/2006)
The community strand has a whole series of new documents planned for the next few months. Case studies of successful community projects, student essays and schemes of work, a directory of community organisations supporting citizenship education will all feature here soon. A national conference in Manchester on Citizenship Education and community involvement is also being planned for November 7th.
Call for Resources (05/07/2006)
We are looking for high quality resources written by trainee teachers and others on the theme of citizenship and community involvement. CitizED is willing to pay for good resources that are published on our web site. Last month the citizED website received over 12,000 visits and nearly 30,000 page views, so your work will reach a wide audience. Full details
New strand in citizED (15/02/2006)
citizED is very pleased to announce a new, 5th strand called 'Community Involvement'. The strand Director will be Prof. John Annette of Birkbeck College, London. The new strand will link to learning for democratic citizenship through community involvement activities across primary, secondary, post 16 and other development in lifelong learning.
Citizenship Education Post 16 (15/02/2006)
Birkbeck College and the Institute of Education, both University of London, will be running a conference on Post 16 Citizenship Education on March 30th at Birkbeck College. Speakers will include Sir Bernard Crick (Emeritus Professor, Birkbeck College), David Kerr (NFER and Visiting Professor, Birkbeck College), Tony Breslin (Citizenship Foundation) and Bernadette Joslin (Learning and Skills Development Agency). The conference will include presentations from some LSDA post 16 projects. Further details are available from ...