Danny Bartlett’s campaign for political education seems to have struck a chord: on Tuesday he will speak on the main stage at the Conservative Party Conference. Danny, who set up Hands Up Who’s Bored because he found politics boring, will discuss his support for citizenship education as well as how to engage apathetic young people […]
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Parliament Week – a great time to get an MP in to your school
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
This November will see the UK’s first ever Parliament Week. It’s a great opportunity to get your MP in to your school to talk with students and staff about the relationship between youth, politics and citizenship. Why not invite them to one of your Citizenship lessons (or even to teach one)? You can then ask […]
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Party conference season is fast approaching and with it comes innumerable opportunities for campaigns to gather information and influence debates. We know many of our supporters will be attending party conferences and we’re hoping that you will help spread the word about our campaign to keep citizenship education in the National Curriculum. Whether you’re attending […]
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
More than 130 teachers and a wide range of organisations met in the British Library yesterday to discuss the future of citizenship and the National Curriculum, at the Association for Citizenship Teaching’s annual conference in London. At Democratic Life we believe teachers and pupils have a key role in influencing the future of the curriculum […]
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011
New report shows that teaching approaches can help young people build their resilience to extremism. There is growing recognition of the need to combat extremisms and develop young people’s resilience to potentially harmful ideologies to prevent them from being radicalised. Teachers and others working with young people have been identified as having a key role […]
…Continue reading 'Teaching approaches help young people build resilience to extremism'‘Citizenship, Society and Social Justice: new agendas?’ Conference: 1 July
The International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship’s conference, ‘Citizenship, Society and Social Justice: new agendas?’, is taking place on Friday, 1 July at Birkbeck, University of London. Democratic Life is a proud supporter of the conference, which will explore the many possible relationships between citizenship and education, including formal citizenship education. Through its plenary […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Writing on the Guardian’s MortarBoard Blog, Alicia Brown tells how her students at Villiers School in West London have been inspired to campaign for citizenship education. They even joined Democratic Life!
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
It’s been hard work, on top of encouraging people to respond to the review, providing support for same and canvassing opinions for our own response. But now it’s done: we’ve submitted our response, which you can download to read at your leisure. Our response to the Government’s National Curriculum Review (pdf) is informed by our […]
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Today’s Times Education Supplement features a comment piece from four members of Democratic Life. David Barrs, headteacher, Anglo European School; Keith Ajegbo, former headteacher, Deptford Green School; Rachael Warwick, headteacher, Didcot Girls’ School and William Atkinson, headteacher, Phoenix High School all discuss why citizenship education is vital to their school and the National Curriculum. It’s […]
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The recent rioting, looting and violence in English cities reinforces the case for strengthening Citizenship education in our schools
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Citizenship teachers are in a unique position to be able to engage their pupils in conversation about the riots; developing pupils’ thinking around concepts such as personal responsibilities towards each other on the one hand and the government’s responsibilities towards its citizens on the other. Citizenship education encourages teachers to use current affairs in their […]
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