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Global Dimension:
the Eight Key Concepts

Underlying the idea of the Global Dimension to the curriculum are 8 key concepts

Source:
Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum 
DfES March 2005

Global Dimension topics 

To access the 12 global dimension topics click on the ‘global topics’ tab on the toolbar above. These interactive resource pages are designed to be used independently by students and, as a planning resource for teachers to explore and research current issues that affect people around the world and are linked to reduction.

Using this Global Portal

See the tab menu system at the top of this page.
A description of the tab contents is below:

   a range of online, self-contained activities for your students.

   takes you to this page.

  the menu page for the 12 global research topics.

  how online interactives are being used and developed for global issues.

  a summary of development and global education, with links to relevant documents.

Click here to download a pdf for teachers with examples of how to plan using the global topic pages.

 

  

 

Highlights
Action area updates:

Fair Trade                                       Ethical Fashion

Find out more about OSDE 
(Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry)

Arriving from Somalia                    Get involved

Creating a school council constitution and policies. Two webquests to ensure your school council is the democratic voice of the school's children. The policy statement is on Fairtrade.

Banking on the World - a set of pages about using enterprise to address global and development issues in schools.

Download Natural Disasters leaflet here

Datalogging - how to use dataloggers in the classroom to explore global issues including sustainability and global warming, and music and sound. Introduction page for sustainability - to be shortly expanded.

Learn how to deliver global citizenship across the curriculum - Ten exhibitions for loan free of charge to Professional Development Centres, School Library Services and other Local Authority Centres.


Join the teacher learning community at Local4Global.


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