Citizenship at key stage 4 (Year 10-11)
Unit 12: Global issues, local action
Section 3: What do we now know about local action and policies for sustainable development?
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Objectives |
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- to reflect on what they have learnt and on the process of enquiry
- how to share their findings with the school, local community and local authority
- how they could influence future policy
- how the school community could participate in, and contribute to, future Local Agenda 21 priorities
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- In one or more of the following ways pupils present the results of their findings to other pupils and members of the local community:
- writing posters to explain the local issues and options
- writing leaflets/newspapers to explain the issues locally for sustainable development policy and encouraging other pupils to join the debate
- creating a website or page on the school website which updates pupils, parents and others on the local issues and school involvement/events
- organising school assemblies to explain the local issues and inform other pupils
- holding debates with Local Agenda 21 member organisations
- writing proposals for discussion in class and at the school council
- sending proposals which have been discussed at the school council to the Local Agenda 21 group/committee, suggesting how the school could be involved in discussing future priorities and planning future action
- Pupils reflect on what they have learnt about the impact of local policies and priorities for sustainable development, and on how they use their right to be consulted by the local authority to contribute responsibly to local decision-making.
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- practise and improve their skills of reflection and self-assessment
- communicate their learning to others in the school and to the wider community
- plan practical steps towards implementing priorities
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Points to note |
- Link with geography: this builds on unit 23 'Local actions, global effects' in the key stage 3 geography scheme of work; and GCSE criteria: values, attitudes and future decision-making (3.1vii).
- The Local Government Act 2000 requires local authorities to consult with young people during policy- and decision-making.
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