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Handbooks on ESD&GC in the curriculum and school ethos

Videos with examples of classroom practice

Resources for classroom practice and methodology
A selection of gateway websites

Subject-specific websites

Stories and ESD&GC concepts - KS1 and 2

Handbooks on ESD&GC in the curriculum and school ethos

DEA (1999) Literacy.
The Global Perspectives,

The Development Education Association
, London.

DEA (2001) Citizenship: the global dimension.
Guidance for KS 3 & 4
The Development Education Association, London

DEA (2003) Geography: the global dimension.
Guidance for KS 3 & 4
The Development Education Association, London

DEA (2003) Science: the global dimension.
Guidance for KS 3 & 4
The Development Education Association, London

Development Education Centre (South Yorkshire) (1996),
It takes a whole village to raise a child: a handbook for rural primary school teachers and governors
S
outh Yorkshire DEC, Sheffield.

Gearon, L. (ed.) (2003)
Learning to teach Citizenship in the Secondary School
.
London: Routledge Falmer.

Elliot, J. (2001)
Introduction to Sustainable Development
.
Earthscan, London

Global Footprint
A quiz to test how well your school is doing in ESD&GC.
Available at: www.globalfootprints.org

Oxfam, A Curriculum for Global Citizenship, 1997.
Also available at: oxfam.org.uk

UNICEF (2000)
For Every Child
UNICEF: Red Fox

Whitbourn, S. (2003)
Education and the Human Rights Act 1998.
Slough: NFER.

Videos illustrating classroom practice and methodology

Central Bureau/IBT (2000)
Developing Global Citizens in Primary Schools

Central Bureau, London. (Video and inset activities)

Central Bureau (2001)
Developing Global Citizens in Secondary Schools

Central Bureau, London. (Video and inset activities)

Get Global!, ActionAid, 2003.
This is a joint production from ActionAid, Oxfam, Christian Aid, Save the Children and Cafod and can be obtained from the Education Distribution Service, Education House, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3RL, tel. 01795 437988

World Education Centre (2003)
Educating for Global Citizenship, an INSET resource for teachers in Wales,
Bangor, World Education Centre, University of Wales, Bangor. (Video and inset activities)

Resources for classroom practice

This is only a small selection of available resources.

Please see the Global Dimension and Cyfanfyd websites listed below for comprehensive lists of resources in English and Welsh, respectively.

Alexander, T. (2001)
Citizenship Schools: a Practical Guide to Education for Citizenship and Personal Development Crediton: Southgate Publishers  

Brinn, D., Fowler, C. and Hester, C. (2001)
Making a difference / Gwneud Gwahaniaeth, Education for sustainable development within the Personal and Social Education Framework at Key Stage 2
Sandy, Bedfordshire, RSPB.

Clough, N. & Holden, C. (2002), Education for Citizenship: Ideas into action. London, RoutledgeFalmer. (contains useful research summary in each section)

Get Global: A skills based approach to active global citizenship, ActionAid, 2003.
This resource can be downloaded as a pdf file from the ActionAid, Oxfam and Christian Aid, Save the Children and Cafod education websites. (Video also available)

Hicks, D. (2000) Citizenship for the Future: A practical classroom guide.
Godalming, WWF UK.

Fisher, S. and Hicks, D. World Studies 8-13,
Oliver and Boyd, 1998

Fountain, S. (1995) Education for Development, a Teacher's Guide for Global Learning, Hodder and Stoughton, London.

Franklin, B (1995)
The Handbook of Children’s Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice, Routledge, London.

Garlake, T. (2002)
The Challenge of Globalisation,
Oxford, Oxfam GB.

Garlake, T. (2002)
Her Globaleiddio,
Oxford, Oxfam GB.

Pike, G. & Selby, D. (1999)
In the Global Classroom.
Pippin Publishing Corporation, Toronto

Rescue Mission Planet Earth: A children's edition of Agenda 21, 1994, 1 st edn. Kingfisher, London.

Save the Children, (1996)
Making it Real. Development Education Centre ( Birmingham) 1996 (Key Stage 1)

Young, Mary, with Commins E, (2002)
Global Citizenship. The Handbook for Primary Teaching, Oxfam, Chris Kington Publishing.

A selection of gateway websites

Citizenship, The Global Dimension.
www.citizenship-global.org.uk

Cyfanfyd: Development Education in Wales
www.cyfanfyd.org.uk

Includes Welsh Language resource database

Development Education Association
www.dea.org.uk

Education for Sustainable Development
www. nc.uk.net/esd

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Wales
www.esd-wales.org.uk

WWF Learning (Sustainable development)
www.wwflearning.co.uk

Global Dimension: includes database of resources
www. globaldimension.org.uk

Global Express: information and activities on recent news items. www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress/

Global Gateway: contributing to an international dimension in education www.globalgateway.org.uk (new British Council site)

Just Business:
www.jusbiz.org

Oxfam Coolplanet:
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet
(for online resources and catalogue)

Windows on the World, provided by the Central Bureau [On-line],
www.wotw.org.uk

World Education Centre/Canolfan Addysg Byd
www.bangor.ac.uk/addysgbyd
‘Links’ page leads to many good websites.

Subject-specific websites

Science

Association for Science Education: global dimension www.ase.org.uk/htm/ase_global/index1.php

Centre for Alternative Technology (also crosscurricular)
www.cat.org.uk

Design and Technology

Intermediate Technology
www.stepin.org

Sustainable Design Award
www.itdg.org/html/education/sda.htm

Centre for Alternative Technology (also crosscurricular)
www.cat.org.uk

Geography

Geography: The global dimension
www.geography.org.uk/global/

Business Studies and Economics

Just Business:
www.jusbiz.org/

 

   
  This part of the website was compiled as part of a UCET-Cymru project funded by the Welsh Assembly Governement involving contributors from ITET institutions and NGOs across Wales.

 

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