Transcript Citizenship in English Schools
Citizenship education in English Schools
A subject and more than a subject
Outcomes from the session
• Understand what we mean by Citizenship education • Considering Citizenship education in your setting
Crick 1998, page 7 para 1.1
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Citizenship and the teaching of democracy….is so important both for schools and the life of the nation that there must be a statuary requirement on schools to ensure that it is an entitlement of all pupils. It can no longer be left as uncoordinated local initiatives…
Roots of the subject – political background • The Great Debate after 1976 – the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of schools • The rise of the national curriculum 1986 • Cross curricular themes 1990 – CG8 education for Citizenship • Crick 1998 • Citizenship foundation subject 2002 • Developments across Europe and beyond
Roots of the subject – social background • Increased population movements and community turbulence • A greater interplay between cultures and values • A struggle to maintain personal and national identity • The changing demands on education and life long learning frameworks including he development of social and moral thinking
Cohesion
Courtesy
test
Change
Why do we need Citizenship education in schools?
• To develop understanding of legal and human rights • To build political participation and address the democratic deficit • To challenge social exclusion by creating engaged, effective and informed communities • To counter prejudice and xenophobia
Citizenship is controversial !
• It is about public issues on which people hold a range of opinions and on which they may be divided • It has a values dimension at its core making it inherently about what people believe, think and feel
but
the values may well be contested and not fit a liberal consensus • Issues are topical and may remain within the public domain for some time • In any Citizenship education situation, we should ask What does it look like? What does it feel like?
Useful web sites
• • • • • • • • • • www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk
association – the national Citizenship teachers www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk
and the wider setting – about citizenship in education www.citized.info
teacher training and Citizenship www.dcsf.gov.uk
- about the Citizenship curriculum www.qca.org.uk
- about the Citizenship curriculum and assessment www.ofsted.gov.uk
– about inspection www.nfer.ac.uk/research/citizenship - about current research www.lsneducation.org.uk
Post 16 Citizenship www.newsecondarycurriculum.org
Log on to the web site of CfBT www.thinkingprimary.org
Log onto the revised Primary site