I had the frantic task at this week’s Democratic Life reception of tweeting the whole event using our (highly original) hashtag of #democraticlife. It was great to see people both at the event and online engaging in the discussion about citizenship’s future. Here are some of the comments; @DemocraticLife Blunkett speaking now, ‘for young people […]
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Student declares to room of MPs and Lords, 'Citizenship needs to be at the forefront of any Curriculum’
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
After what would seem to be months of planning, the Democratic Life reception last night went off without a hitch. We filled the Member’s Dining Room in the House of Commons full of citizenship enthusiasts, teachers, students and Lords and MPs. Our aim for the event was to generate a lively discussion about the future […]
…Continue reading 'Student declares to room of MPs and Lords, 'Citizenship needs to be at the forefront of any Curriculum’'How is it possible to educate the future generation if we cannot even provide them with the knowledge of how our world works?
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Some children do not have families who encourage them to read newspapers to know what is happening in the world at that current moment. Whether or not you are not interested in politics, it doesn’t differ as no matter what you say politics will affect you. Not to mention that this generation of young people […]
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
Yesterday I went to the Studio Schools launch at Allen & Overy’s swanky offices. As many of us within the education and third sectors know, language and terminology around schools is like a minefield at the moment and I wasn’t quite sure if this was an academy, a free school or something completely new. Studio […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Rachael Warwick, Headteacher for Didcot Girl’ Schools has written to Democratic Life about her thoughts on citizenship education, stressing the importance of the subject in creating a Big Society. The full letter is copied below. ‘If the Big Society has any prospect of becoming a living reality in our country, then citizenship must remain a […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
A group of PGCE students have established a campaign called Defenders of Citizenship Education (DOCE) . Aware that the subject is under review following the change in Government, the group are aiming to get as many supporters as possible to sign their petition which they plan to send to Michael Gove . DOCE stated that […]
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The Guardian has written about Unicef UK’s report which recognises that when children learn about human rights bullying, exclusion and challenging school environments can be reduced. The report followed an evaluation by researchers at the Universities of Brighton and Sussex of Unicef UK’s human rights projects in schools. Some of the key findings of the […]
…Continue reading 'Unicef UK commit to the value of teaching human rights to students'Linking citizenship, student voice and the school council
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Imagine if everyone in your school was on your school council, how much could it get done? Well, ok, if they were all in one big meeting together, probably not much. But if you broke the whole school down into small groups, giving each one specific tasks, we might be getting somewhere. If each of […]
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
I’ve been to the Liberal Democrats and Labour party conferences so far this conference season (and will be heading off to the Conservatives in Birmingham on Monday). Conferences are a strange experience, where work and play get all muddled up together and sore heads at breakfast meetings are de rigueur. But, while it might sound […]
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Government risks breaking pledge to teach rules of war
Monday, February 7th, 2011
The UK government is considering dropping citizenship from the National Curriculum. If it does, it could be in danger of breaking an obligation to teach International Humanitarian Law. John Lloyd explains why. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) serves to protect those not taking part in fighting and to restrict the potential for war. It is set […]
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