Baccalaureate qualifications come in many forms. The International Baccalaureate (IB) combines academic subjects with creativity, action and service involving civic action/active citizenship, and a dissertation style essay. The European Baccalaureate, a different variation of the qualification, is used by European schools in England. Other versions are on offer through the awarding body AQA and the […]
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Select Committee announces short consultation on the English Baccalaureate
Friday, February 11th, 2011
On Wednesday the Commons Education Select Committee announced an inquiry into the English Baccalaureate and a call for evidence. It is very short, ending on 8 March. The Committee is inviting written evidence on: the purpose and benefits of the E-Bac and its value as a measure of pupil and school performance; the choice of […]
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
The UK government is considering dropping citizenship from the National Curriculum. If it does, it could be in danger of breaking an obligation to teach International Humanitarian Law. John Lloyd explains why. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) serves to protect those not taking part in fighting and to restrict the potential for war. It is set […]
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
There’s only one week left to enter the Amnesty International, Guardian and SecEd competition to find this year’s Young Human Rights Reporters! Find out how to enter and get supporting materials for older and younger pupils on Amnesty International UK’s education pages.
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Democratic Life member Lee Jerome writes to Graham Holley of the TDA querying the apparent lack of training places for citizenship teachers in 2011/12, following a letter from Michael Gove outlining the allocations for the coming year. 2nd February 2011 Re: Allocation of secondary training places for 2011-12 Dear Mr Holley Michael Gove’s letter of […]
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
On Monday, 31 January, a Democratic Life delegation – led by David Blunkett MP – met with the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, to discuss the review of the National Curriculum and citizenship education’s future. We presented a robust case for citizenship education’s contribution to schools and communities and the positive impacts […]
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Multicultural Britain
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
In this article written originally for Operation Black Vote, Conservative Councillor Imran Khan sets out his vision for multicultural Britain and argues the importance of citizenship education in shaping it. A great multicultural society should offer genuine democratic citizenship for all the communities residing in it, regardless of colour and religion. Democratic citizenship may be […]
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