Government
Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF, formerly DfES)
Details of citizenship within the National Curriculum with separate pages for teachers, pupils, parents and governors, and access to
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‘Making Sense of Citizenship: a Continuing Professional Development Handbook’:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship/ -
Schemes of Work for Citizenship Education at Key Stages 3 and 4:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ -
Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion (from DCSF)
http://www.publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-00598-2007.pdf -
Learning and Skills Network (LSN) (formerly LSDA)
News, teaching and learning materials and resources for post-16 citizenship
www.lsneducation.org.uk/ -
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority(QCA)
Information related to citizenship and its assessment
http://www.qca.org.uk/citizenship/ and http://www.qca.org.uk/citizenship/post-16/ -
Programmes of study
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/subjects/citizenship/index.aspx
Alternatively, all QCA publications can be ordered direct from the QCA on: telephone: 08700 606015
Citizenship Organisations
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CitizED project, funded by the Teacher Training Agency, focusing on citizenship teacher education
http://www.citized.info/ -
Civnet
http://www.civnet.org/
The following include resources for teachers and useful links:
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Association for Citizenship Teaching
http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/ -
Citizenship Foundation
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/ -
Education for Citizenship site (managed by Learning and Teaching Scotland)
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenshipindex.asp -
Global Citizenship Consortium
http://www.citizenship-global.org.uk/ -
Institute for Citizenship
http://www.citizen.org.uk/ -
National Grid for Learning, Teacher Resource Exchange
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/server.php -
Oxfam Coolplanet for Teachers: includes resources about global citizenship issues for teachers http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm
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Save the Children: includes learning resources
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk