Helping You to Bring the Global Society into Your Curriculum
“Teachers here in the UK have the job of ensuring that children grow up with an understanding of the interconnectedness of the world and the positive role that they can play in today’s global society.” Department for International Development/DCSF Bringing the World into the Classroom 2008
London’s Development Education Centre, the Humanities Education Centre (HEC), based in Tower Hamlets, is working with London Grid for Learning to promote the global dimension and poverty reduction agendas in our schools. It aims to support all groups and providers working in or with schools to frame what they are doing within the global dimension. HEC has been working with Tower Hamlets City Learning Centre and e-Learning Team over the past few years exploring ways of using ICT to deliver the global dimension.
It has now launched a global portal that has areas for teachers and their students to start exploring, across the curriculum issues such as water, gender, health, transport, food, trade, tourism etc, and there are webquests exploring how the DfID works, what is sustainability, how to be a UN Special Rapporteur for human rights…
Visit the Global Portal; book HEC to run a free session for your CLC or PDC or conference or professional development day; or for advice and support contact: e-mail: hec@gn.apc.org global portal: www.global.lgfl.net
tel: 020 7364 6405 fax: 020 7364 6422
website: www.citizenship-pieces.org.uk
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk
On behalf of
Michael Newman
Global Citizenship Project Worker
Humanities Education Centre and City Learning Centre
Tower Hamlets Professional Development Centre
