Local 4 Global

Aims

• To enable participants to explore issues of global dimension: social justice and equity, and living in a more sustainable way, in a supportive environment using a range of activities suitable for classroom use.
• To enable participants to become advocates of global dimension within their own workplaces, so that they can advise and support colleagues in this area, and build a whole school ethos with a global dimension.

Content

• What is the global dimension?
• Why is it important?
• What does it look like in school?
• Inclusion, belonging and identity.
• Challenging stereotypes using images, educational materials and the media.
• Dealing with discriminatory and controversial issues in school.
• Personal awareness raising about issues: globalization, interdependence, human rights, sustainability and our impact on the planet.
• Promoting emotional literacy.
• Ways of teaching that promote critical thinking, discussion, negotiation, reasoning, co-operation and empathy.
• Ways of taking the global dimension forward in school.

If you are interested in having a course run in your area of London or South East England, or if you could provide support through a LA or network of schools to put a course on, please contact us.

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