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Guidance Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Curriculum & Qualifications Why? What? How? This booklet is published by ACCAC, on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government Panel on Education for Sustainable Development and the Welsh Assembly Government Working Group on Global Citizenship. The booklet will help schools to plan and develop learning activities to promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship. It will also be useful for colleagues in organisations who work with teachers, providing INSET within a school or LEA or in Initial Teacher Training. Ref: AC/GM/0317 ISBN 1 86112 471 6 Price: £4.50 First published 2002 © Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) 2002 Reproduction, storage, adaptation or translation, in any form or by any means, of this publication is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher, or within the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Excerpts may be reproduced for the purpose of research, private study, criticism or review, or by educational institutions solely for educational purposes, without permission, providing full acknowledgement is given. The Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales is an exempt charity under Schedule 2 of the Charities Act 1993. Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales Castle Buildings, Womanby Street, Cardiff CF10 1SX Further copies of this document may be ordered by contacting ACCAC on: ACCAC Publications PO Box 2129 Erdington Birmingham B24 8TH Phone: (0121) 3259 093 (English-medium) (029) 2037 5430 (Welsh-medium) Fax: (0121) 3259 052 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.accac.org.uk When ordering, please quote title and reference number. Contents Introduction 3 Using this booklet 4 Why should you promote education for sustainable development and 5 global citizenship? What is education for sustainable development and global citizenship? 6 How can you promote education for sustainable development and 8 global citizenship? Case Studies 1 Promoting global and environmental awareness: Eagleswell Early Years 9 Department, Eagleswell Primary School, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan 2 Pupils’ Eco-committee: Craigcefnparc Primary School, Clydach, Swansea 10 3 ‘Planning for Real’ review: Ewloe Green County Primary School, Mold, Flintshire 11 4 Children’s global right to education: Manod and Maenofferen Primary 12 Schools, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd 5 The Coast to Coast project: Llandrygarn Primary School, Anglesey 13 6 The Econet 21 project: Nottage Primary School, Bridgend; Lansbury Park 14 Junior School, Caerphilly and Oaklands Primary School, Rhondda Cynon Taff 7 Global links: Llandinam Primary School, Powys 15 8 The value of first hand experience in education for sustainable 16 development: Glasllwch Primary School, Newport 9 Global projects on the school website: Ysgol San Sioˆr, Llandudno, Conwy 17 10 Sustainability Committee: Maesgwyn Special School, Aberdare, Rhondda 18 Cynon Taff 11 Does the Amazon rain forest have a sustainable future?: Newbridge 19 Comprehensive School, Caerphilly 12 Sustainable transport in Cardiff and Rennes: Llanrumney High School, Cardiff 20 13 Global curriculum policy: Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern, Anglesey 21 14 Exploding stereotypical preconceptions of Africa: Cathays High School, Cardiff 22 15 Exploring the myth of recycling in Flintshire: Holywell High School, Flintshire 23 16 Reducing the environmental footprint of the school: Ysgol Gyfun y Strade, 24 Llanelli 17 Entrepreneurship, waste and business studies: Ysgol y Berwyn, Bala 25 18 Sustainable development in geography fieldwork: Afon Taf High School, 26 Merthyr Tydfil 19 Diogel?/Safe?:Terrace Road Primary School, Dan y Graig Primary School, 27 St Helen’s Primary School, Townhill Primary School and Dylan Thomas Secondary School, Swansea, together with Small World Theatre 20 Celebrating and promoting education for sustainable development in the 28 county’s schools: Carmarthenshire County Council Estyn guidelines for inspecting and evaluating education for 29 sustainable development and global citizenship Appendix 1: Useful websites and contacts 30 Appendix 2: Forthcoming support 31 Acknowledgements 33 Contents Introduction The Government of Wales Act 1998 gave the National Assembly a statutory duty to promote sustainable development. Sustainable development is now a central priority that cuts across everything the Welsh Assembly Government does. The Welsh Assembly Government is also committed to fostering a more outward-looking and internationalist Wales and to promoting global citizenship. The National Assembly for Wales will promote development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This means that we will take social, economic and environmental issues into account in everything that we do. We will integrate the principles of sustainable development into our work and seek to influence others to do the same. (Extract from the Assembly’s Sustainable Development Scheme) The Department for International Development is committed to eliminating world poverty and is working with the Welsh Assembly Government to eradicate poverty and help achieve sustainable development. We want to see a global society where everyone can live in peace and security; have a say in how their community is run; and have access to those things we so often take for granted, like clean water, fresh air and the chance to earn a living and bring up healthy, educated children. We want governments to be accountable to their people; obey the rule of law; protect human rights and create opportunities for economic growth… We believe children should learn about development issues at school and that every adult should have the chance to influence the Government’s policies. (Extract from Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century, A Summary, Department for International Development, 1997) Education for sustainable development and global citizenship is part of the existing school curriculum and of school life. It is not an additional requirement. Relevant learning opportunities are found in National Curriculum subjects, religious education, personal and social education and as part of other aspects of school life. Successful curriculum planning is about bringing together and joining up these opportunities to form a coherent programme for learners. Introduction 3 Using this booklet This booklet sets out why schools should promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship. It provides some basic definitions, together with examples of existing good practice so that schools can learn from others about how to develop learning opportunities. The booklet also includes the Estyn guidelines for inspecting and evaluating education for sustainable development and global citizenship and identifies useful websites and forthcoming support. This booklet will help schools to plan and develop learning activities in this area. It will also be useful for colleagues in organisations who work with teachers, providing INSET within a school or LEA or in Initial Teacher Training. 4 Using this booklet Why should you promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship? ‘Young people today are growing up in a world where prosperity and technological progress exist alongside mass poverty and an environment under threat. Children and young adults deserve to know that their fate is inextricably linked to, and affected by, the lives and decisions of others across the world. They have a right to understand the crucial issues facing the planet and know how they can personally play a part in helping shape the future. No school should feel it is unable to help its pupils gain these perspectives on the world. Education for sustainable development and global citizenship is not an extra subject of study. It is a way of approaching the existing school curriculum and school life. It can be liberating for learners and teachers alike. This booklet is intended to help you. I commend it to all schools in Wales.’ Jane Davidson, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning Why? 5 What is education for sustainable development and global citizenship? Education for sustainable development: enables people to develop the knowledge, values and skills to participate in decisions about the way we do things individually and collectively, both locally and globally, that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future. (UK panel for Education for Sustainable Development) Education for global citizenship: enables people to understand the global forces which shape their lives and to acquire the knowledge, skills and values that will equip them to participate in decision making, both locally and globally, which promotes a more equitable and sustainable world. Education for sustainable development and global citizenship is about: • the links between society, economy and environment and between our own lives and those of people throughout the world • the needs and rights of both present and future generations • the relationships between power, resources and human rights • the local and global implications of everything we do and the actions that individuals and organisations can take in response to local and global issues. 6 What? The key concepts of education for sustainable development and global citizenship are: • interdependence – understanding how people, the environment