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Citizenship: Background

Citizenship: Background. Citizenship. Citizenship education is part of the PSHE and Citizenship framework in primary schools. It became a compulsory National Curriculum subject in September 2002 in secondary schools. Where did it come from?. 1997 White Paper ‘Excellence in Schools’.

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Citizenship: Background

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  1. Citizenship: Background

  2. Citizenship • Citizenship education is part of the PSHE and Citizenship framework in primary schools. • It became a compulsory National Curriculum subject in September 2002 in secondary schools.

  3. Where did it come from? • 1997 White Paper ‘Excellence in Schools’. Secretary of State pledged to: ‘Strengthen education for Citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools’.

  4. Citizenship Education has three strands: • Social and moral responsibility: pupils learn, from the beginning, self-confidence and socially and morally responsible behaviour, both in and beyond the classroom, towards those in authority and each other. • Community involvement: pupils learn how to become helpfully involved in the life and concerns of their neighbourhood and communities, including learning through community involvement and service. • Political literacy: pupils learn about the institutions, issues, problems and practices of our democracy and how citizens can make themselves effective in public life, locally, regionally, and nationally, through skills as well as knowledge.

  5. What is it meant to achieve? • Citizenship education gives pupils the knowledge, skills and understanding to play an effective role in society. • It helps them to become informed, thoughtful and responsible citizens aware of duties and rights. • It promotes their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, making them more self-confident. • It encourages pupils to play a helpful part in the life of their school, community and world.

  6. Resources • NC website. • Programmes of study and schemes of work. • Interventions from Ofsted: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/leading-citizenship-schools http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/citizenship-established-citizenship-schools-200609

  7. Documentation • The main source material is the Red Book • KS2 as part of PHSE. • The Blue Book (for KS3 and KS4). • Schemes of work. • Commercial publications. • Ofsted. Search, with the search term ‘citizenship’: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/

  8. Approaches Through NC subject Through PHSE Whole school – off timetable

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