Developing the skills
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at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Kent
at South Dartmoor Community College in Devon
at Deptford Green School in Lewisham, South London
at Invicta Grammar School in Maidstone
at John Cabot City Technology College in Bristol
runs a debating competition for Years 10-12 to involve students in Citizenship
Citizenship in Practice is building a library of schools' experiences to show how the subject is being incorporated into the curriculum.
Please tell us about your school's approach by clicking on Curriculum Issues above and submitting your response through the Education for Citizenship section.
In Devon staff are using the Geography lessons to get the Citizenship message across to good effect. Click the link in the right-hand box to find out more.
We like to think of citizenship as a way of life. Our framework for understanding citizenship at work in the school can be summarised as the 3 'C's:
To find out more, read the full report, which you can download and print.
Citizenship has been on the taught curriculum at this school since 2000, currently for one hour each fortnight in KS3 and KS4 working towards GCSE short course qualification. In common with many schools, it also has had a long presence in cross-curricular and extra-curricular programmes. The taught element has concentrated on social and political rights and responsibilities, encouraging students to understand systems and to develop awareness of the views of others.
To find out more, read the full report, which you can download and print.
Baldev Singh has developed a E-Citizenship Programme for KS3. Students have an 80 minute lesson per week where they learn about citizenship while developing IT skills.
To read his full comments click here.
Last Updated Tue, 18 May 2004