Learning Citizenship: Practical Teaching Strategies for Secondary Schools

✍ Scribed by Paul Clarke, Jenny Wales

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 181
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The Citizenship curriculum aims to help young people to participate more fully in society through the development of a range of relevant skills and knowledge. This book shows how a variety of teaching strategies can be used to teach citizenship skills across a range of curriculum subjects as well as in Citizenship lessons themselves. Topics covered include:

developing discussion
thinking through debate
addressing controversial issues
investigating citizenship
learning through role play
working in groups
learning with simulations
participation.

A lively and practical book which will be invaluable to student teachers and their trainers, Citizenship co-ordinators in schools and advisors across the country. It combines issues of pedagogy with real classroom experiences and demonstrates just how students learn from different teaching strategies.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
1 Reflective teaching reflective learning......Page 14
2 Reflective teaching and controversial issues......Page 23
3 Developing discussion......Page 32
4 Thinking through debate......Page 46
5 Investigating Citizenship......Page 62
6 Role play: using perspectives......Page 77
7 Group work strategies and outcomes......Page 94
8 Thoughtful presentations......Page 106
9 Learning with simulations......Page 122
10 Informing and communicating with technology......Page 136
11 Participation in Citizenship......Page 147
12 Citizenship and the whole school......Page 157
References......Page 173
Index......Page 176

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