- Key Stage: KS3, KS4
- Years: 9, 10, 11
- Ability: Mixed
fixed term / permanently excluded
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Theme
Get Global – active citizenship
Aims and Objectives
- to explore ways of promoting the practice and arrangements if global
citizenship.
- to promote inclusion and build motivation
- to gain skills in communication and enquiry
- to encourage participation and responsible action
- to acquire knowledge and understanding of citizenship
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PAL Learning Outcomes
Key Stage3
2 (to give examples of individual differences, of the diversity
of national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the UK
and explain the need for mutual respect.)
5 (gives examples of the work of community – based national
and international voluntary groups)
6 (locates and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the significance
of a variety of information sources, including the media and ICT
based sources, in presenting topical political, spiritual, moral
and cultural issues, problems and events.)
7 (demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the world as a global
community, assessing the implications of changes in the world and
relating these to their personal qualities, skills and qualifications,
by contributing to group and exploratory class discussions, taking
part in debate and through written contribution.)
? (negotiate, decide, take part in and reflect on participating
in both school community based activities.)
Key Stage 4
8 (to take part in group discussions, using listening skills which
demonstrate accurately receiving and understanding the communications
of others and responding appropriately.)
9 to negotiate, decide, take part in and reflect on participating
in both school and community based activities.
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Planning
a) Description of process
b) Strengths/challenges
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Implementation
a) Description of process
The following lesson plan represents the planning for the first
lesson of the week-long pilot project.
The lesson starts with a teacher led concept web of what is meant
by ‘having power over someone’.
This is followed by an activity that is about recording the people and organisations
that have power over your lives.
Draw a dot in the centre of the page and write your name next to it. Think
about the people in your life who exert a degree of power over you (your
parents or carers, an older brother or sister, a teacher, friends…).
Think about organisations or groups of people, which exert power over you
(a youth club, church, and school…).
Add the names of these individuals or organisations onto your page in the
following way:
Those that have the most power over you should be closer to the centre; those
with less power should be placed towards the edges of the page.
Draw a line between you in the centre and each ‘powermonger’.
Describe the relationship on each line e.g. sister: always tells me off – John
(friend): really understands me.
Compare your power structure with those of others sitting around you.
The second part of the activity involves thinking about the people you have
some degree of power over, or are able to ‘influence in some way’.
On a new piece of paper, again draw a dot in the centre to represent you.
Next think of all the people, groups and organisations upon whom you exert
some power or able to influence. Place these names of the paper, with those
over whom you have the most power closest to the centre. Compare your diagram
with those of others around you. Keep both diagrams in your file – you
will need these again later in the week.
b) Strengths and challenges
In the planning on how best to deliver the programme the following
points were considered: most members of the group had EBD and / or
were disaffected. Most students had very little previous knowledge
about Citizenship and little understanding about what is meant by
participation. An additional difficulty was that groups at the PRU
frequently change as new students start and others leave to be integrated
into schools.
All pupils completed the tasks and gave mostly positive feedback
using the evaluation sheets
‘Get Global’ is a two-year research project designed to
explore ways of promoting the practices and assessment of global and
actives Citizenship at key stages 3 and 4.
The project is jointly funded by the Department of International Development,
Action Aid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children.
The second stage of the pilot programme will take place in the autumn
term 2002 in schools across the UK. Information concerning the second
stage of the project can be obtained from Get Global - 020 7651 7638
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Description of School(s)
The project was piloted at the Harford Street PRU.
The groups taught are mixed and consist of KS3&4 students. The majority
of students are Bengali or white British.
