This twilight Inset is designed to support and develop a teaching approach which prepares children to become global citizens.

‘Global citizenship isn't a new concept...what is new is the government's push to get these ideas rooted in all aspects of education.'     The Guardian 29/4/08

 So how about starting right here? We will give you ideas and information to get the ball rolling, a chance to browse resources, and will share simple, effective ideas to take direct to the classroom.

 Phoenix Centre, Barrow in Furness - 4.30 - 6pm

Cost - usual LIN rates, book and pay through LIN.

CDEC will be hosting a conference for secondary schools, to share practice on approaches to teaching and learning in the new KS3 citizenship curriculum, focussing on: identity and diversity; critical thinking and enquiry; topical and controversial issues; community cohesion; pupil voice.

The day will provide;

* input from teachers and students of six secondary schools, who have been developing and trialling approaches to teaching about Identity and Diversity - living together in the UK, within the revised KS3 Curriculum

* a chance to explore good practice in creative teaching and learning approaches, with input from six secondary schools who have been using creativity to address global and sustainable development issues.

The event will result in the collation of case studies and good practice ideas, drawn from participants and contributors, in order to develop schemes of work to share with secondary colleagues.

This conference is FREE to any teachers from Cumbrian secondary schools, with no restrictions of up-take per school, and one supply-paid place is available for every secondary school.

 To reserve a place on this course please complete the CDEC online booking form and return to CDEC, Ambleside

P4C emphasises the importance of enquiry/questioning skills, imaginative and meaningful dialogue, and careful reasoning/reflection in the process of education.  It aims to improve pupils' abilities to think creatively, critically, caringly and collaboratively through well-guided discussion.  The teacher's role is that of facilitator - a ‘guide on the side, not a sage on stage' - and the class learns to evolve as a ‘community of enquiry': a group of people united in their desire to understand the world and each other more deeply.
Essentially, pupils ‘learn to learn' through P4C, by making their learning meaningful and intrinsically desirable, rather than extrinsically motivated.  It is a powerful, varied, challenging and thorough methodology, which can reinvigorate the teaching and learning experience.     

Through interactive workshops, course participants will:

• Learn practical ways of developing good thinking, questioning  and communication skills in the learning environment
• Understand the theory and practice of being a good facilitator / manager of learning dialogue
•  how to develop the potential of their class as a ‘community of philosophical enquiry'
• Be equipped with specific evaluation and assessment techniques
• Have experience of P4C as a participant, and be able to reflect on its process and effects
• See how P4C can be applied in their specific contexts as well as in regard to whole-school and cross-curricular targets 
• Leave with a wealth of lesson and resource ideas and a refreshing (‘enquiry and reflection') approach to teaching and learning

The Phoenix Centre, Barrow in Furness

Cost £200 (including SAPERE level 1 handbook and course certificate) 

To reserve a place on this course please complete the CDEC online booking form and return to CDEC, Ambleside