Scottish Learning Festival







Scottish Learning Festival
Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 September 09, SECC, Glasgow

IDEAS, SDE Network and the Real World Learning had a joint stand at the Scottish Learning Festival in September – under the banner of ‘Global - Sustainable – Outdoor’. Thank you to those that came along to visit our stand and signed up for more information from the networks. For more information on any area of our work please email us at slf09@ideas-forum.org.uk

Members of the networks whoe where present at the exhibition included:

Amnesty International Scotland
British Council
British Red Cross
Eco-Schools
SCIAF

Seminars run by members are below, where possible we have uploaded the presentations from the seminars for your information:

As part of the Discussion Zone:

Seminars:

Sustainable Development Education (SDE) is identified as a key element of the new curriculum. SDE – learning to live within the environmental limits of our planet and contribute to making society fair and equitable – is also inextricably linked to developing the four capacities in both pupils and staff. This seminar will cover:

• SDE and how it fits into Curriculum for Excellence
• what your school is expected to do about SDE
• SDE information, resources and support available to your school.

This session will explore peace and conflict through the issue of child soldiers and will look at:

• why conflict should be explored in class
• strategies for exploring conflict at an individual, school, community and international level
• the use of child soldiers and the various perspectives on this issue
• a case study of a teacher and school who have developed work in this area.

This session will explore the:

• role of outdoor experiential learning in pupil engagement from 3 to 18 years
• benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to deliver Curriculum for Excellence
• use of nature-based Storylines to integrate indoor and outdoor learning.

This seminar will: explore the challenges and opportunities offered by linking teaching across subject departments in secondary schools; present findings from interdisciplinary work on the Schools Global Footprint; demonstrate how Hamilton Grammar School has used footprinting to take an interdisciplinary approach, combining its Eco-Schools, international education and health promoting schools work to develop the school’s ‘World View’; and reflect on how its key issues can be addressed.

This session will demonstrate approaches to teaching the injustice of climate change. The young people of Dalkeith High School will present their competition-winning short animated film and describe their experiences and outcomes of this creative learning and teaching experience.

In this session, we will discuss:

• the empowerment of young people to achieve the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence
• creative approaches and resources available to support sustainable development education.

For a copy of the programme or to register your attendance at the Scottish Learning Festival visit www.ltscotland.org.uk/slf/.

Seminar information can be downloaded below.

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An Animated Stand against the Injustice of Climate Change 1.ppt584 KB
An Animated Stand against the Injustice of Climate Change 2.doc64.5 KB