My home, your home, our home'

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An Introduction To Global Eduation
My home, your home, our home.
Alex Savage, AST www.ndhs.org.uk Keyword Global
Home asavage_at_notredamehigh.norfolk.sch.uk
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What is global education?
An enhancement of our existing curriculum, not a
bolt on extra. Teaching students about the wider
world. Wall displays Assemblies Providing real
opportunities for research. Providing real
situations to practise skills. Providing real
audiences to communicate with.
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Global Education Themes

• Surveys
• Analysing data (e.g. weather)
• Environmental issues (water, energy, trees etc.)
• Current affairs
• Exchange of culture through art, dance, music and
  drama
• Every day life
• Physical geography (rivers, mountains, weather)
• Moral and ethical issues (rights, beliefs, family
  life)
• International organisations (UN, EU and
  Commonwealth)

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Why teach global education?
The new century demands that we develop
international understanding, heighten awareness
of Europe and the wider world, and strengthen the
concept of world citizenship in our schools and
colleges. Prime Minister Tony Blair
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www.ndhs.org.uk
Type Global Home
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KS3 ICT Units
7.1 Presentations to students at link school 7.3
Create leaflets on global location or issue 7.4
Model statistics on water use UK / Malawi 8.1
World weather statistics 8.2 Website on a
Commonwealth Country 8.3 Internet research on
Safari in Malawi 9.2 Online survey to compare
lives with students in other countries
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Search Engine Keyword surveyatschool
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Video Conferencing with Ariège, France
Web cam
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Varilhes is a village in the South of France.
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Survey of Y7 Students

• It gets people more involved.
• It really motivates you and makes you like the
  subject.
• It makes you feel that it is worth while learning
  the language.
• You try harder to be understood by the French
  students you are communicating with.
• It makes you look forward to French lessons more.
• It gets rid of stereo typical images.
• It makes you feel closer to people in other
  countries.

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Can global links improve learning?
Learning about real places and communicating
with a real audience gives work more meaning and
purpose.
Learning with purpose improves motivation.
Motivated learning improves progress.