Global Citizenship

October 10th, 2011

New Glow meet - Global citizenship DROP IN

imenzies

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 : Categories CPD, citizenship, commonwealth, games and sport, international, sharing practice, sustainable development

Every month the DGC team will be available on our new Glow TV channel to answer your questions about global citizenship and to signpost you to resources and ideas to help you embed global citizenship in the curriculum. This is an informal session open to any school leader or practitioner in Scotland – just drop into the Glow meet to pick our brains, find out what’s coming up or tell us what you’re up to.

The inaugural session will take place from 3.30-5.00pm on Wednesday 26^th October. The theme for the first 45 minutes of this session will be A Games Legacy for Scotland and will showcase how the London Olympics 2012 and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 can be used to create exciting learning opportunities for global citizenship activities and interdisciplinary learning. Find out how to get free tickets to the Olympics, hear about the Forest Pitch football strip design competition and how the organisers plan to Get Scotland Dancing.

A general Q & A/open floor session will follow from 4.15pm to 5pm. Put the day in your diary and join us for all, or part of, this event to discuss and share or get help with a particular issue.

Watch the recording of this session - Global Citizenship Drop In Session 1 >>

September 19th, 2011

Bring learning to life with the brand new Global Citizenship calendar 2011/12

kmayer

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 : Categories Uncategorized, africa, biodiversity, citizenship, commonwealth, games and sport, international, scottish culture

We are delighted to offer you a free Global Citizenship calendar containing major events and dates to help you plan rich and stimulating learning experiences across the curriculum throughout the year.

Go to Global Citizenship calendar 2011/12 and download the pdf version or email [email protected] to request a printed (A2) version.

An exciting online version of this calendar connecting you to support materials for each entry will soon be available on the Education Scotland website (http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ ). So, whether you are planning learning around religious festivals, Holocaust Memorial day or World Environment Day, the Global Citizenship calendar will point you in the right direction.

August 23rd, 2011

Global Citizenship Seminars at the SLF

kmayer

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 : Categories citizenship, curriculum areas, games and sport, international, renewables and climate change, sciences, sharing practice, sustainable development, technologies

During the Scottish Learning Festival a number of seminars will focus on the potential of global citizenship as a theme across learning. The seminars will range from an introduction to global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence to the sharing of successful practices across education. The following seminars are of particular relevance:

Forest Pitch - an art project to develop global citizenship, Wednesday 21 September, 9.30;

Democracy and Global Citizenship in a Changing World, Wednesday 21 September, 9:30;

Leadership of global citizenship, Wednesday 21 September, 12.15;

Developing deep learning in an interdisciplinary context, Wednesday 21 September, 13.15;

Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games - Building the Legacy for Learning, Wednesday, 21 September, 13.15;

Climate Change - truth, controversy and evidence, Wednesday, 21 September, 14.30;

Developing Global Citizens in Early Years, Wednesday, 21 September, 15.45;

Renewable Energy Education - Western Isles and Glasgow City Council, Wednesday, 21 September, 15.45;

Developing Global Citizens - A rich context for learning, Thursday, 22 September, 9.30;

Climate Change and Forest; Using forests in learning and teaching about Climate Change, Thursday 22 September, 9.30;

Advancing The Curriculum For Excellence through Rights Respecting Schools, Thursday, 22 September, 10.45;

Oban High School, interdisciplinary learning and careers management through the topic of renewables in partnership with Skills Development Scotland, Thursday, 22 September, 10.45;

Building the Boat: Young People as C0-Producers of Policy, Thursday, 22 September, 12.00;

Excellence in LGBT equality education, Thursday 22 September, 13.15;

‘Education Showcase’ events:

• Practical Steps in Developing Global; Citizens, Grange Academy, Wednesday 21 September, 9.30;
• Eco Schools - Food and the Environment, North Queensferry Primary School, Wednesday 21 September, 10.15;
• Focus on Develop Global Citizens, Thursday 22 September, 10.15;

June 2nd, 2011

Games Legacy and Scottish education

nickmorgan

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 : Categories commonwealth, games and sport, international

Scottish schools, teachers are steadily increasing their engagement with Global Citizenship through the contexts of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Scottish Government and its agencies work with the various organisers of the different Games to extend the educational dimensions of these mega-events and stimulate school involvement.

A Games Legacy for Scotland blog carries frequent updates about opportunities, events, and descriptions of how schools are taking up the themes. For example: Hundreds of schools have registered with the ‘Get Set’ network of the London Olympics; and thousands of Scottish school pupils will be taking part in sporting activity this week as part of the National School Sport Week 2011.

In addition to the blog, there is a national group on Glow for Games Legacy, giving teachers a number of ways to keep up to date with developments and activities across the country.