Curriculum change

'Citizenship' and Citizenship education are not the same - as a recent Ofsted report re-iterated. Schools that are or think they are providing their students with good quality education in 'citizenship' may well find themselves described as providing poor quality 'Citizenship education'.

So with the Citizenship education national curriculum in hand, what do you want young people to gain from a global dimension? As local, national, European citizens growing up in a changing, interrelated world, which awareness, understanding, and skills do you feel are particularly pertinent for your students?

Which values and attitudes will help them now and in the future to play a constructive role in developing their local communities in a global society?

Which experiences can you expose them to that will help them gain confidence in being active citizens?

	Starting curriculum change - a six-point plan
	Starting curriculum change - connecting with our world

More: Global days and weeks

Publications

Citizenship in secondary schools: evidence from Ofsted inspections; Ofsted; 2005

Essential Learning for Everyone; Tide~; 1999

A Curriculum for Global Citizenship; Oxfam; 1997

Websites

Department for Education and Skills Citizenship education website, includes the National Curriculum for Citizenship Education

The Development Education Commission developed a framework for thinking about the various learning outcomes of 'education for world citizenship and democracy'

Oxfam's website for teachers gives examples of concepts, skills and values for identifying learning outcomes at Key Stages 3 and 4.