One of the new strands that teachers need to engage with is Community Cohesion. There is now a duty to deliver this particular area to work towards a society where there is a common vision and a sense of belonging by all communities.
Click HERE to download a PDF of GUIDANCE from the TEACHERNET site.
This has an obvious link with Geography, as it explores ideas related to racism and equality.
Schools have a duty to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different groups.
Different types of schools in different communities will clearly face different challenges and globalisation means both that the populations of schools are often more diverse, and that they might also change at fairly short notice. The staff and pupil populations of some schools reflect this diversity, allowing their pupils to mix with those from different backgrounds. Other schools, often by nature of their location, serve a predominantly monocultural population.
The Diversity and Citizenship Curriculum Review published in February 2007 states that:
...we passionately believe that it is the duty of all schools to address issues of ‘how we live together’ and ‘dealing with difference’ however controversial and difficult they might sometimes seem.
The connection here is that I spent some time today planning my part in a conference that is taking place in Norfolk in October, with a second conference in Suffolk in November.
The conferences are organised by an organisation called NEAD.
Unless you live in East Anglia you are perhaps unlikely to have come across NEAD, but I have been working with them, and been familiar with their work for probably 15 years.
NEAD stands for Norfolk Education and Action for Development. They are organising a conference in October in King's Lynn for schools across Norfolk.
If you are interested in contacting, or supporting, the work of NEAD, contact Sandy Betlem, and mention my name...
Here's the blurb for the workshop that I'm going to run....
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE is the key resource for this particular unit.
Click HERE to download a PDF of GUIDANCE from the TEACHERNET site.
This has an obvious link with Geography, as it explores ideas related to racism and equality.
Schools have a duty to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different groups.
Different types of schools in different communities will clearly face different challenges and globalisation means both that the populations of schools are often more diverse, and that they might also change at fairly short notice. The staff and pupil populations of some schools reflect this diversity, allowing their pupils to mix with those from different backgrounds. Other schools, often by nature of their location, serve a predominantly monocultural population.
The Diversity and Citizenship Curriculum Review published in February 2007 states that:
...we passionately believe that it is the duty of all schools to address issues of ‘how we live together’ and ‘dealing with difference’ however controversial and difficult they might sometimes seem.
The connection here is that I spent some time today planning my part in a conference that is taking place in Norfolk in October, with a second conference in Suffolk in November.
The conferences are organised by an organisation called NEAD.
Unless you live in East Anglia you are perhaps unlikely to have come across NEAD, but I have been working with them, and been familiar with their work for probably 15 years.
NEAD stands for Norfolk Education and Action for Development. They are organising a conference in October in King's Lynn for schools across Norfolk.
If you are interested in contacting, or supporting, the work of NEAD, contact Sandy Betlem, and mention my name...
Here's the blurb for the workshop that I'm going to run....
Great Britain ?
Culture and Geography
This workshop will explore ideas of ‘Britishness’ and identity.
Schools are changing in a way that matches the changes that happen in Britain.
Does your school, and fellow students see those changes as a challenge or an opportunity ?
What does it mean to be British ?
How can prejudice and racism be tackled ?
What role models do we need in communities ?
How can we use the London 2012 games as a force for change in East Anglia, even though the games will take place in London ?
Who do we think we are ?
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE is the key resource for this particular unit.
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(though not about social cohesion as it happens..)