Participation Booklet
The scheme of
work for citizenship includes the booklet Getting involved: extending
opportunities for pupil participation.
Who's
it for?
Teachers of citizenship at key stage 3, heads of department, curriculum managers,
ITT departments.
What’s it about?
This booklet offers ideas for citizenship activities to promote pupil participation.
It forms part of the citizenship scheme of work for key stage 3.
Related material
The National Curriculum for England
What's it for?
To show how citizenship may be taught to pupils at key stage 3.
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This booklet offers ideas for citizenship
activities to promote pupil participation. A number of activities
are provided for teachers and pupils to choose from, and these can
take place in the school or the wider community (or a mixture of the
two). They enable pupils to develop skills of participation and responsible
action (see 3a, 3b and 3c in the citizenship programme of study). Depending on
the context and planning of the activities, they may also address aspects of
knowledge and understanding about becoming informed citizens, and of developing
skills of enquiry and communication. Many of the activities are also suitable
for use at key stage 4.
The planning of the activities may require the use of tutorial time,
or time in citizenship, PSHE or other subject lessons. Some activities
can be delivered as off-timetable events, and others will require
the involvement and cooperation of members of communities outside
the school. In all cases, pupils should have opportunities to reflect
on their involvement, and to identify what they have learnt and how
it can be applied.
The citizenship key stage 4 participation booklet may be a useful additional resource. It is available from the citizenship key stage 4 area.
