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citizenship curriculum which teaches kids how to be safe, responsible and savvy navigators of the online world.
is providing families guidance on selecting appropriate online content for their students and offering schools a digital
citizenship curriculum which teaches kids how to be safe, responsible and savvy navigators of the online world.
Not exact matches
The BHA has also welcomed a briefing from the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), published on Tuesday,
which highlights the removal of human rights from the draft
citizenship curriculum, and calls for individuals to respond to the national
curriculum review.
The aim is to give children what officials called a «strong sense of British identity and an understanding of British culture and traditions», beyond the
citizenship classes
which already form part of their
curriculum.
Outlining his proposals, Mr Lewis stated that he wants to «rename the RE
curriculum and transform it into a religion, philosophy and ethics element of the
curriculum»,
which would contain «an explicit commitment to allow children to ponder ideas around ethics and
citizenship and what it means to be a citizen of a free country».
From this starting point, there exist different approaches to developing this global awareness, such as: 1)
curriculum design
which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote global
citizenship.
There exist four major ways to develop global awareness within the international schools: 1)
curriculum design
which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote global
citizenship.
Reimers and Chung co-authored (with Vidur Chopra, Julia Higdon, and E.B. O'Donnell) another new book, Empowering Global Citizens,
which lays out a K — 12
curriculum for global
citizenship education called The World Course.
Unlike traditional public schools, choice schools often restrict the
curriculum largely to mathematics, science, English, a foreign language, history, political science, art, and music followed by all students,
which best prepares them for college, careers, and
citizenship.
In part, the research was concerned with understanding teacher conceptions of British values and contentions of shared British identities
which could be explored in schools as part of the
citizenship education
curriculum.
For these reasons Trinity offers a rigorous yet flexible
curriculum enhanced with a wide range of interdisciplinary programs and special opportunities, all of
which are designed to provide real world experiences, increase international exposure and understanding, and instill the values required for global
citizenship and making a difference.
A further element of the
curriculum for Years 7 - 13 is the Personal, Social, Health and
Citizenship Education
which is delivered through discrete lessons and a wide - ranging assembly and tutor time programme.