This project started exactly with this question… What is responsible citizenship? Not many know how to answer the question and there might be several answers to it, too. But let’s start with the introductions.
Who are we?
We are teachers from four different schools in Europe; Greece, Hungary, Poland and the United Kingdom. We came together as part of a common Erasmus+ project.
The reason?
We all wanted to see what it takes to educate global citizens. Research and current advice from policy makers have been advocating for a global dimension within formal education. Simply, this means that teachers should be preparing pupils for the needs of the 21st century. Although this is an extremely important task, there hasn’t been great guidance for teachers on how to do this. We are all professionals who are concerned about our society and the world. We want to ensure that we educate pupils that care about each other, care about the environment, care about our world, understand the values of democracy and social justice. We wanted to ensure that we develop teaching and learning practices that cultivate the development of responsible citizens in schools.
Our project:
We will be working together for two years and we will be focusing on a range of different topics. Some of these topics are:
Who are we?
We are teachers from four different schools in Europe; Greece, Hungary, Poland and the United Kingdom. We came together as part of a common Erasmus+ project.
The reason?
We all wanted to see what it takes to educate global citizens. Research and current advice from policy makers have been advocating for a global dimension within formal education. Simply, this means that teachers should be preparing pupils for the needs of the 21st century. Although this is an extremely important task, there hasn’t been great guidance for teachers on how to do this. We are all professionals who are concerned about our society and the world. We want to ensure that we educate pupils that care about each other, care about the environment, care about our world, understand the values of democracy and social justice. We wanted to ensure that we develop teaching and learning practices that cultivate the development of responsible citizens in schools.
Our project:
We will be working together for two years and we will be focusing on a range of different topics. Some of these topics are:
- UNICEF’s Universal Convention of the Rights of the Child
- The Refugee Crisis
- Europe Day
- The Sustainable Development Goals
- What is takes to be a Global Citizen?
During the project we will be suggesting a range of different teaching and learning activities that teachers can use to promote these values to their pupils. By the end of the project we are hoping to publish a handbook of the activities that we have used and worked in our classrooms and share it with other education practitioners.
Join our discussions and share your own vision about an education that believes that pupils can make our world a more just and democratic place to live…
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