1. Development Education
in Scotland
Nick Morgan
nick.morgan@educationscotland.gov.uk
April 2012

2. Definitions
‘Development Education’ – a focus on North-
South
‘Global Citizenship’
- Social Justice is a key feature of both

3. 2,900 Schools
32 Local Authorities
53,000 Teachers
Agencies and NGOs
-- Many ‘players’, many
variants

4. Context
New ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ offers opportunities
across the curriculum
Team at Education Scotland to support Global
Citizenship activity in schools
‘One Planet Schools’ Ministerial working group, due to
report November 2012

5. successful learners confident individuals
with with
•enthusiasm and motivation for learning •self respect
•determination to reach high standards of achievement •a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
•openness to new thinking and ideas •secure values and beliefs
•ambition
and able to
•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills and able to
•use technology for learning •relate to others and manage themselves
•think creatively and independently •pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
•learn independently and as part of a group •be self aware
•make reasoned evaluations •develop and communicate their own beliefs
•link and apply different kinds of learning in and view of the world
new situations •live as independently as they can
•assess risk and take informed decisions
•achieve success in different areas of activity
To enable all young
people to become
responsible citizens effective contributors
with with
•respect for others •an enterprising attitude
•commitment to participate responsibly in •resilience
political, economic, social and cultural life •self-reliance
and able to and able to
•develop knowledge and understanding of •communicate in different ways and in
the world and Scotland’s place in it different settings
•understand different beliefs and cultures •work in partnership and in teams
•make informed choices and decisions •take the initiative and lead
•evaluate environmental, scientific and •apply critical thinking in new contexts
technological issues •create and develop
•develop and Teaching
Learning informed, ethical views of complex •solve problems
Scotland
issues

6. Curriculum areas
Languages
Mathematics
Expressive Arts
Technologies
Sciences
Social Studies
Health and Well-Being
Religious and Moral Education

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8. ‘Developing global citizens within
Curriculum for Excellence’
Resources
Advice
Professional Development

9. Currently..
Development Education / Global Citizenship
- Present in many schools, often high quality
- International School Partnerships
- Resources and CPD available, to some
- Fair Trade embedded widely
- Some of our young people ‘think globally’

10. Challenges
Funding (especially for school partnerships)
Leadership
Whole School action
Evaluating impact and Realising benefits
Teacher readiness
Learning and Teaching approaches
Support and advice

11. Reasons to be cheerful...

12. Leadership
“In order for Scotland and its people to succeed
and flourish in the globalised 21st century in
which we live, we must all become and live as
global citizens”
Mike Russell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary

13. Leadership - local
Edinburgh’s Africa network and foundation
Glasgow’s Malawi leaders of learning

14. Teachers
Building capacity
New ‘recruits’
GTCS Professional Recognition and revised
Professional Standards

15. Well-developed initiatives will attract
interest and mass participation
•developed and sustained links with one or
more Commonwealth countries
•The context of the Games enthuses and
engages young people in learning
activities across all curriculum areas,
contributing to implementation of
Curriculum for Excellence

16. Learning and Teaching approaches
• British Council online course material
http://www.global-schools.org/
• Take One Action film festival
http://www.takeoneaction.org.uk/
• Vine Trust ‘Global Student Forum’
http://www.vinetrust.org/know/education/global_student_foru
m

17. Learning and Teaching approaches -2
WOSDEC ‘Global Storylines’
Oxfam ‘Water Week’
Red Cross ‘Newsthink’
Microfinance (Kiva, etc)