Global Citizenship

February 28th, 2010

Fairtrade Fortnight 2010

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The annual Fairtrade Fortnight celebration supported by the Fairtrade Foundation is now halfway through, with many schools in Scotland running activities and staging events to raise awareness.

For example, this story about action in Stenhousemuir at Kinnaird Primary school in the Falkirk area.

A BBC reporter blogs about school activity at Perth Academy.

And the Department for International Development has been encouraging further action to make trade more equitable.

February 25th, 2010

Restorative Justive put into practice in schools

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Pupils at a west London school who have been disrupting lessons have been invited to appear before a panel of their peers to explain why they have been misbehaving – and to hear their fellow pupils talk about their belief that those actions have infringed upon their right to learn.

The student juries are seen as an attempt to bring the lessons learned from restorative justice work among juveniles into the classroom. Much more than that, however, they are part of a slowly developing project that aims to put human rights at the heart of the school’s ethos and curriculum.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/23/human-rights-amnesty-competition

February 15th, 2010

Teachers CPD

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The Teachers TV service is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its online service for teachers. It now offers more than 3500 videos designed as professional development resources for use by and with teachers. This accumulation of knowledge, experience and ideas includes a lot of material on global citizenship and sustainable development issues, and international examples of educational practice.

A few recent examples: a programme exploring links between Apartheid and Nazi Germany; another about weather and Hurricanes; and ‘Citizenship: the global dimension’.

February 5th, 2010

Climate change competition for schools

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Climate change competition

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has launched a national schools competition on how climate change will affect the lives of people in their own local areas.

The competition invites primary and secondary school children to produce a poster and 5 minute DVD on how climate change will affect the lives of people in their own local area.

The competition is being supported by former BBC weather forecaster Dr Heather Reid, with a prize fund of £5,000 available between primary and secondary schools in the north, centre and south of Scotland.

The competition has been designed to complement the new Curriculum for Excellence, and will invite students to look at both the opportunities and challenges caused by climate change, and the impacts it is already having on people’s lives and livelihoods in the developing world.

This national competition forms part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s major inquiry into facing up to climate change, launched in October 2009, which seeks to identify how to bridge the gap between the aspirations of the policies now in place to address climate change, and how much the public are currently prepared to go.

Groups of no more than 4 pupils can submit an entry, but schools may submit more than one entry.

What are the prizes?
Overall winning group, Primary £1000
Overall winning group, Secondary £1000
£500 for three regional winning groups at Primary and at Secondary in each of three regions namely north, central and south Scotland.

What is the format for submission of entries?
• One A1, (594 mm x 841mm) poster.
• One DVD (if desired) with mixed format additional or back up material.

If a DVD is submitted it must have a maximum of 5 (five) minutes duration (this includes required reading time for any additional print material).
• Regional and National winning groups are expected to present their entries at a prize giving event before Heather Reid (“Heather the Weather”) to be held in The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ on a date to be announced in late August/September.

Entries must be sent or delivered to The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ.

Entries must be received no later than noon (12.00) on Wednesday 30th June 2010.

Please visit Glow for the full details of terms and conditions

February 4th, 2010

International Education guide

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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools has published ‘Learning Together: International education: responsible, global citizens’, a new guide which aims to support schools as they implement Curriculum for Excellence.

HMIE’s aim is to help teachers reflect on and improve their practice in International education. Inspectors have visited a number of schools, and worked with a range of practitioners and stakeholders to develop this resource. The examples of good practice provided will stimulate professional discussion and thinking about how to prepare young people for life in a globalised society through a Curriculum for Excellence.

The guide was launched through a video-conference led by Shetland Islands Council from Anderson High School. Their ‘Global Classroom’ site hosted the conference and also links to other international work led by the school.