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CPD for Citizenship & Humanities teachers
12 January 2012
This CPD covers teaching approaches and techniques to enable pupils to engage critically and thoughtfully with the controversial, sensitive and topical issues in today's media, including:
News, propaganda and truth
Dealing with sensitive, controversial and topical issues
Using experts and personal experiences in the classroom
Conspiracy theories and myth busting
On 8th February in Manchester at 9.30am – 4.30pm
Teaching Citizenship in Eltham
09 January 2012
Eltham is the area where Stephen Lawrence was murdered and where he and his killers lived. This English teacher writes about her links with a Citizenship teacher and using Human Rights education to address racism at her school. It's a fantastic article!
Lawrence sentences and the role of Citizenship education
04 January 2012
The sentencing today of the two men found guilty of the murder of Stephen Lawrence does not bring us closer to resolving the challenge of living in the multicultural Britain of 2012. The challenges faced by teachers in schools in helping young people understand the nature of their identity within a diverse community remains as strong as ever.
ACT Professional Officer Chris Waller has today written about the importance that Citizenship education plays in helping school pupils explore the issues of diversity and identity. In a letter to national newspapers he says 'Much was achieved in the years after the Lawrence Inquiry. The establishment of Citizenship education in the English curriculum...
