Global Citizenship

1
Global Citizenship

• Beyond the Welcome Poster
• Elaine Watts 27.1.06

2
A New Initiative?

• I am a citizen of the world.
• Socrates 5th Century B.C.

3

• Let us give the child a vision of the whole
  universe for all things are part of the universe
  and are connected with each other to form one
  whole unity
• Maria Montessori 20th Century

4

• We in Scotland will not be all that we can be
  unless we lift our eyes to the horizon and look
  beyond our own set of circumstancesUltimately we
  are all interdependent, we share the same planet
  and the actions of one will matter to others.
• Jack McConnell Johannesburg Summit
  2002

5
What is Global Citizenship?

• Knowledge and Understanding
• social justice and equity, diversity,
  globalisation and interdependence, sustainable
  development, peace and conflict
• Skills
• critical thinking, argue effectively,
  challenge injustice and inequalities, respect for
  people and things, co-operation and conflict
  resolution
• Values and Attitudes
• sense of identity and self-esteem, empathy,
  commitment to social justice, value and respect
  for diversity, concern for the environment,
  belief that people can make a difference
• Oxfam the key elements for responsible global
  citizenship

6
Why Go Global?

• A global curriculum provides
• real life contexts for learning
• raised awareness staff, children and families
• opportunities to celebrate diversity
• opportunities to challenge racism and
  inequalities
• a good preparation for life in multi-ethnic
  Scotland
• and the wider global community

7
Curriculum Framework

• It is important that children from the earliest
  stages are helped to recognise that there are
  many different ways of seeing and understanding
  the world.
• Pre-school education should aim to encourage .
  positive attitudes to self and others
• ..consider the ways in which staff value equal
  opportunities and social justice

8
A Curriculum For Excellence

• The Scottish Executive are committed to
• A progressive curriculum to enable ALL young
  people to become - Successful learners
• Effective
  contributors
• Responsible
  citizens
• Confident
  individuals
• Rolling out the anti-sectarian resource
• Mainstreaming anti-discrimination
• Implementing Race Relations (Amendment Act) 2000
• The Global Agenda promotes all of the above.

9
Examples from Practice

• Watoto educational materials that reflect the
  wider world and enable young children to develop
  a curiosity about this.

• Picture Literacy - photographs provide
  opportunities for focused talking, questioning,
  observing, describing and deducing.

10
The children wanted to know about food, family,
animals, houses and .. shoes!!
11
Examples from Practice

• Persona Dolls can be used to promote
  discussion on inclusion, gender, race, bullying,
  other world cultures, similarities and
  differences, participation and childrens rights.

12

• If we start where children are, with something
  familiar, and then broaden out, children are able
  to empathise, and make connections between their
  own lives, and the different experiences of
  others. They retain impressions gained from
  images and objects, and these can counter the
  negative stereotypes and prejudices that they may
  already have absorbed at their young age.
• Pam Hand First Steps to Rights Project
  Worker UNICEF