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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
Teachers from across Africa are to come to Scotland next month to develop partnerships with local schools.
The visits by teachers from five schools in Malawi, South Africa and
Tanzania will allow them to meet their Scottish partner schools to
discuss plans for developing long term joint curriculum projects with
global citizenship themes.
Topics likely to be explored are social justice, democracy, equality
and sustainable development, both at a local and global level.
The projects are designed to enable teachers and pupils from Scotland
and the partner countries to exchange information and gain a deeper
understanding of each others’ culture, society and way of life. The
schools receiving visits next month are in Edinburgh, North
Lanarkshire, Banffshire and Glasgow.
The schools have received funding for the development of their
partnership through the DFID Global School Partnerships programme,
which is managed by the British Council. Funding is reciprocal,
enabling Scottish teachers to visit the partner schools in return.
It is hoped that the visit will provide ideal opportunities for
Scottish teachers to put the Curriculum for Excellence into practice.
Sharon Smith, a teacher from Buckie High School in Banffshire, is
expecting a visit from Mawenzi Secondary School, on the flanks of
Kilimanjaro in Moshi, in early June.
She said: "Sharing your classroom with a colleague from overseas is one
of the most rewarding forms of professional development as you share
different cultures and perspectives.
"In Buckie High School this June, teachers from both schools will be
working together on a trading game that focuses on some of the
inequalities of world trade, an energy project in Science as well as
projects in Art and Music. Buckie High has been linked with Mawenzi
School since 1987, but this year we hope to embed this partnership in
what we teach in subjects across the curriculum."
Clementine Robertson, Scotland programme co-ordinator for DFID Global
School Partnerships said: "Our funding helps schools from different
parts of the world make a difference in the classroom. It brings the
curriculum alive but also acts as a catalyst of change: this is not
charitable, this is not simply about talking about cultures, it's about
making young people fully aware and understand that they can play an
active role as responsible citizens, at a personal, local, national and
global level.
"We would encourage all schools in Scotland to get in touch with us and find out about the opportunities available to them."
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