Enabling a Connected Curriculum - opportunities for Global Learning at KS3
Yesterday's event was very enjoyable. Thanks to all involved in the organisation of the event.First part of the day was held in the Thinktank Theatre. Nice venue.
"Enabling Global Learning through the KS3 Curriculum"
It involved 4 contributions which provided a subject-based perspective, but the overlaps were useful, and these came out strongly - particularly how 'everyone' is using mobile phones as a context...
Jo Flynn from the Science Learning Centre, Keele University discussed the science perspective, and the difficulty of teaching about uncertainty
Alun Morgan, co-director of the Sustainability programme at South Bank University took us through the ideas that make up Chapter 23 of the GA's Secondary Geography Handbook: "Teaching Geography for a Sustainable Future" - will blog more about this when I get the chance...
Some of the ideas and quotes are on my TWITTER 'FEED' from the conference.
Andrew Wrenn talked about teaching about emotive and controversial issues in the context of the Historial Association's excellent TEACH resource. (CLICK THE LINK FOR FREE PDF)
There were some humorous comments on the 'mush' that schools introduce rather than keeping discrete subjects, particularly the thematic curricula that are introduced.
Cathryn Gathercole of Practical Action discussed the perspectives of D&T in terms of sustainability: small scale projects, as the organisation was founded by Fritz Schumacher, who wrote the book "Small is Beautiful".
The organisation's website is a very useful visit, as it has a range of videos that could be used in the classroom. Cathryn talked about some of the work of the charity in Bangladesh, looking at simple solutions to the problems that are caused by flooding. One example was to keep ducks instead of chickens...
Important to support students in making decisions in the face of uncertainty.
The scene was set for the rest of the day.
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