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Unlocking the potential of School Partnerships to build the next generation of responsible global citizens.
3 January 2007
Where do you learn about the world around you? |
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From the TV news? |
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From the internet? |
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From newspapers and magazines? |
If you are 18 or under, you’ve most
likely learned what you know about the rest of the world at school.
For young people today to become responsible citizens and to play a valuable
role in the global society in which we all live, it is vital that they learn
just how the seemingly humdrum decisions we make as individuals can make a
difference to the lives of our people living thousands of miles away. The best
way to achieve this in schools is to embed the global dimension across the
school curriculum, so that no matter what subject a child is studying, global
implications will be reflected within it.
School partnerships are one tool with tremendous potential to help achieve
this aim. A good partnership will benefit the entire school, across all age
groups and subjects, being an ideal way to personalise the issues for children
on both sides of the partnership. Getting to know each other better means
everyone learns more about the rich diversity of our global community.
School partnerships help students understand the world beyond their shores –
through accessing the experience of other children who are living in different
cultures and traditions. A partnership based on mutual trust, respect and shared
learning offers teachers, school leaders, children, their parents and
potentially the wider community an experience that can have a profound and
lasting impact on all those involved.
DFID, with endorsement from the Chancellor Gordon Brown, has produced a new
publication, The World Classroom, Developing Global Partnerships in Education
(806
kb),
to give those working in education guidance on unlocking the potential of a
school partnership for their school. It provides useful information and advice
on how to go about starting and sustaining a partnership.
Either download the PDF or request copies of the booklet to be sent through the post. Telephone the Public Enquiry Point 0845 300 4100, or e mail enquiry@dfid.gov.uk.
Related Links
- Press Release: Developing global partnerships in education: The World Classroom
- Much more information on putting the global dimension into education
www.globaldimension.org.uk
- DFID also funds school linking through the DFID Global School Partnerships programme.
- Millennium Development Goal - Education
- Girls Education Progress Report