Work with the University of Oxford Department of Education (OUDE)

RISC's partnership with OUDE was first established in 2002.  It now ensures a GC training programme is embedded in 3 of the department’s PG curriculum areas.

 
Work that has taken place
Global Citizenship training takes place annually for all the OUDE Science and Geography PGCE students. Issues are initially introduced by tutors who accompany students on a day of workshops at RISC focusing on how to embed GC in secondary Science and Geography; further follow up takes place at OUDE in the weeks following this intensive input. An example of evaluation comments:
"Once again, I realised the importance of incorporating global citizenship into the curriculum, and how it can be used to simply generate a better future and generation of young people."
"So many good resources and schemes. I need to think more about what pupils think about the world - and our role in affecting that."
"The different ways in which we can challenge assumptions and how important it is to do so, future implications of climate change and “green school”.
"How useful something like a garden can be in bringing a school together as a community"
"Makes me a more determined individual in teaching global issues that affect me and my teaching of the science curriculum."
 
A GC training day took place for RE PGCE students and their school mentors. The day took place at OUDE and included newly developed RISC workshops on Challenging Islamophobia, Faith Gardens and Charitable Giving. The feedback was very positive and the day provided useful contacts with RE teachers in local schools – participants said they had learned
"The importance of challenging stereotypes and being aware and alert to bias in teaching resources." 
"Why global citizenship is important!  Different ways of challenging and approaching the issues.  Faith gardens made me think."
"The key thing about finding similarities rather than differences."
"Lots – I have actually planned lots of activities – some will be happening in my classroom tomorrow and some I will put to our SLT."
"I’ll be even more careful about the images I use/how I use them.  Will definitely use some of the activities/quotes/ideas."
 "New things to try.  Lots of ideas I want to attempt.  Emphasising the need to challenge stereotypes and assumptions."
"Be armed to work with this systematically and with government policy documents and not just on my soap box"
"I will certainly reflect on how my teaching will have influenced pupils in their views.  How I can ensure that in future this is done in a more beneficial way."
 "I have developed more of an interest in global citizenship due to the connections that were made clear during the day."
"Too much to write about!"
 
Through the History department initially, and now through the RE department, RISC is involved in delivering part of the PGCE Citizenship Option to students from seven different curriculum areas across the Department of Education. This began in 2008 and continues.
 
Taking the work forward
Discussions are taking place to explore the possibility of RISC’s Education Team taking part in the PGCE Professional Studies programme.

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