Citizenship at key stage 4 (Year 10-11)
Unit 09: Consumer rights and responsibilities
Section 4: Is our school an informed and responsible consumer?
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Objectives |
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- about local priorities and targets that relate to sustainable consumption and how the school can contribute
- about consumer rights and responsibilities
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Drawing on what they have learnt so far, groups of pupils investigate the different goods and services that their school consumes, eg Does the local authority have targets for increasing sustainable or green consumption? What could the school do to contribute to these targets (such as using suppliers of environmentally friendly or sustainable products and services)? Who makes the purchasing decisions for the school? Pupils identify the factors and criteria involved in a school purchasing decision.
- Pupils also consider what consumer rights and responsibilities are involved in a purchasing decision, eg what does the law do to protect consumers? What are the minimum statutory rights? (The Office of Fair Trading website provides information about consumer rights in different situations.) Pupils can also find out whether school suppliers offer any services or quality guarantees that go beyond the statutory minimum. What happens when something goes wrong? What are the responsibilities of the consumer and the supplier in any situation? Who can provide further help and information?
- Pupils plan and write a checklist (or guide) for the school community on being a more informed and responsible consumer.
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- know that consumers and retailers/suppliers have rights and responsibilities that are protected by law
- identify practical ways of sharing information and helping the school and the local community become better informed and responsible consumers
- understand that consumers have rights and responsibilities
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Points to note |
- Useful websites include those of:
- Link with unit 12 'Global issues, local events'. This section provides an opportunity to look in more detail at Local Agenda 21 and how the school can contribute to local priorities and targets.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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