Take a chance, it's worth it - TES Article

TES Article published on 5 September regarding the Intial Teacher Education Conference held in Stirling on 26 August, which was organised by IDEAS members:

"For pupils to understand global issues better, teachers need to go off curriculum occasionally

Global citizenship is crucial in schools, but will not work if teachers continue to define learning by preparation for exams.

Leading figures in Scottish education faculties heard that a global dimension to learning would be superficial unless teachers felt able to take risks.

An event such as the catastrophic tsunami of 2004 provided a “litmus test”, according to Strathclyde University professor of education Brian Boyd. It was an opportunity to suspend the curriculum and concentrate on global issues of huge proportions, but he was not convinced that many teachers would have the confidence to do so."

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