110 pages
A4 Landscape
ISBN: 978 1 85856 424 1
January 2009
The global dimension to the curriculum is not only about big concepts and big ideas, but also about how we connect children to global issues on a more human scale. For good or ill, primary school children are part of a global society with all its opportunities, challenges and threats. So it is vital that they are equipped with the knowledge, skills and understandings to make them effective global citizens.
Get Global! presents a clear rationale for integrating a global dimension in the primary curriculum and uses subject and thematic contexts as doorways through which children can explore global links. The book is for all primary teachers who wish to move teaching and learning about global issues beyond a simple ‘us and them’ approach, to one that is genuinely inclusive of diverse cultures and perspectives, through exploring shared values and understandings. The practical activities described are tried and tested. And they are firmly rooted in curriculum contexts and in classrooms from foundation stage to the top of key stage two.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Planning for the global dimension
Chapter 3: English and the global dimension
Chapter 4: Mathematics and the global dimension
Chapter 5: Science and the global dimension
Chapter 6: Geography and the global dimension
Chapter 7: History and the global dimension
Chapter 8: Religious Education and the global dimension
Chapter 9: Drama and the global dimension
Chapter 10: Art, music and the global dimension
Chapter 11: Physical Education and the global dimension
Chapter 12: The global dimension and Foundation Stage
Chapter 13: Global Cross-curricular Theme 1 - Gypsy and Traveller Communities and Culture in KS1
Chapter 14: Global Cross-curricular Theme 2 – the World of Puppetry in Key Stage One
Chapter 15: Global Cross-curricular Theme 3 – Teaching Climate Change and Renewable Energy Issues at KS2
Chapter 16: Next steps
Tony Pickford is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services at the University of Chester and co-ordinator of the Global Dimensions specialism on the B.Ed degree. He has written books on teaching primary ICT and primary geography. The contributors are subject specialists at University of Chester and teachers in the North West of England.
