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Controversial Issues in Social Education

Controversial Issues in Social Education. Cherie Fields Stephanie Patterson. What are controversial issues?. Issues that are likely to be sensitive that have a political, social or personal impact and arouse feelings or deal with questions of value or belief. Can be local or global

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Controversial Issues in Social Education

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  1. Controversial Issues in Social Education Cherie Fields Stephanie Patterson

  2. What are controversial issues? • Issues that are likely to be sensitive that have a political, social or personal impact and arouse feelings or deal with questions of value or belief. • Can be local or global • Any issue can become controversial

  3. Think-Quick Write-Pair-Share • How should schools respond to controversial issues? • What can teachers do to avoid unfairly influencing pupils? • What kind of values may legitimately be taught in school?

  4. Debate Activity:Rights for Children

  5. How should schools respond to controversial issues? • Some opportunities already exist in the curriculum • Provide opportunities for students to express their concerns

  6. Responsibility of the teacher • Give equal importance to conflicting views • Establish a positive classroom environment • Present all information and opinion as open to interpretation

  7. Six roles of the teacher • Committed • Objective or Academic • Devil’s Advocate • Advocate • Impartial Chairperson • Declared Interest

  8. Values taught in schools • Distinguish between public and private • Public values might include: • Social Justice • Political Equality • Tolerance • Human Rights • Respect for the rule of law • Commitment to negotiation and debate to resolve conflict

  9. Controversial issues can help develop thinking skills • Information-processing skills • Reasoning skills • Enquiry skills • Creative thinking skills

  10. Global Education and Controversial Issues

  11. Resources • “Teaching about controversial issues: guidance for schools” The Citizenship Foundation http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/lib_res_pdf/0118.pdf • “Global Citizenship Guides: Teaching Controversial Issues” Oxfam GB http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/teachersupport/cpd/controversial/files/teaching_controversial_issues.pdf

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