1. Professional Practice January 2010 Didsbury and Crewe Global Dimension & the National Curriculum Billy Crombie Development Education Project, Manchester www.dep.org.uk [email_address]
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3. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF EDUCATION? Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.’ Nelson Mandela “ Education influences and reflects the values of society and the kind of society we want to be” National Curriculum "The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all: it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.” H.L. Mencken
4. I want a curriculum that... … promotes consensus, equality and rationality … prepares individuals to contribute to a country’s economy
5. I want a curriculum that... … focuses on subject knowledge, skills and understanding … shows how subjects link together.
6. I want a curriculum that... … allows pupils to talk about issues from a range of different perspectives … allows pupils to talk about issues based on personal experiences
Is it education’s role to change the world? Which of these do you agree with?
Interactive starter activity to explore the role of education. Should take about 10 mins. What is the role of education? What are we trying to create? What should it look like?
Five minute film. Add link to film. Explores how much the world is changing. Need to embed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q&feature=player_embedded
How does the NC prepare young people for these changes?
Purpose of curriculum dimensions is to make sense of key issues in today’s world. Highlight the idea that dimensions can be taught across subjects.
Each dimension is broken down into: What it is trying to achieve Key questions that could be explored What the outcome of this might be on learners Opportunities for the dimension to be applied
Flag up tool on NC website which allows you to compare subjects
With this in mind, what questions should young people explore? 5 min brainstorm
What kind of a learner would this dimension help to develop? 5 minutes to discuss in pairs.
Before curriculum dimensions existed in the NC, the Dfes produced guidance ‘Developing the Global Dimension in the School Curriculum’
Still need to embed the video: http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/case_studies/casestudieslibrary/case-studies/Inspired_engineering.aspx?return=/key-stages-3-and-4/case_studies/casestudieslibrary/index.aspx%3FfldKeyword1%3DGlobal+dimension+and+sustainability%26return%3D/key-stages-3-and-4/case_studies/index.aspx
Add link to show QTS standards against the GD objectives. From DEP handbook.
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