Gardens and growing plants can support every area of the National Curriculum. Growing Schools has a useful diagram which gives an overview of the main links. Garden Organic and the RHS Campaign for School Gardening both have more comprehensive guides to curriculum links.
What is the Global Dimension?
"Education plays a vital role in helping children and young people recognise their contribution and responsibilities as citizens of this global community and equipping them with the skills to make informed decisions and take responsible actions.
Including the global dimension in teaching means that links can be made between local and global issues. It also means that young people are given opportunities to:
- critically examine their own values and attitudes
- appreciate the similarities between peoples everywhere, and value diversity
- understand the global context of their local lives
- develop skills that will enable them to combat injustice, prejudice and discrimination.
Such knowledge, skills and understanding enable young people to make informed decisions about playing an active role in the global community."
Download Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum DfES, 2005
Download Education for Global Citizenship: A Guide for Schools, Oxfam 2006
Download curriculum planning guides for schools The global dimension in action QCA, 2007 and Sustainable development in action QCA, 2009
Weblinks
Global Dimension… the world in your classroom is a a guide to books, films, posters and web resources which support global, intercultural and environmental understanding for all age groups and subjects.
Growing Schools supports teachers who want to use the outdoor classroom across the curriculum with children of all ages. This link provides evidence of the value of learning outside the classroom.
Oxfam has a large archive of free downloadable resources which can be searched according to a range of criteria.
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