Citizenship Expert Group publishes teaching resources guide for NC 2014
The Expert Group for Citizenship has published a materials digest to support educators in preparing for the revised National Curriculum for citizenship 2014.
The materials digest is organised around key topics and abilities and the phase of education they are applicable to. Topics contain:
- democracy and government
- rights and responsibilities
- fairness, justice, the law
- economy and financial education
- european, international, global
- identities and diversity
- critical thinking, research
- active citizenship
- debate.
The materials digest is not intended to be definitive yet consists of items used and/or recommended by members of the Group.
Subject Expert Groups were set up in 2013 to offer strategic advice during the implementation of the revised National Curriculum and are supported by the DFE. The Expert Group for Citizenship has been session since January this year and comprises educators, educator trainers, representatives from ACT, the Citizenship Foundation, the Parliamentary Education Service, pfeg and Ofsted.
Alongside strategic debates about the revised programmes of study, teaching materials, assessing citizenship and proposed revisions to GCSE, the group is keen to offer practical assist that promotes high quality subject teaching.
Download the resources digest here
– See more at: http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/news/27062014-1528/expert-group-publishes-teaching-resources-digest-nc-citizenship-2014#sthash. I9j2uFwD.dpuf For further guidance, see the relevant UK information.
