Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Claire Fowler Welsh Assembly Government

ESDGC What is ESDGC? Where is it found at present within education? Levers for change What does it look like? Developing partnerships

What is a sustainable and globally aware citizen? Someone who is aware of the wide world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen They are outraged by social injustice Someone who respects and values diversity They actively participate in and contribute to the community at a range of levels from local to global They take responsibility for their actions. They have experience of the natural world including practical projects and real world issues.

What is ESDGC ? the links between society, economy and environment and between our own lives and those of people throughout the world; the needs and rights of both present and future generations; the relationships between power, resources and human rights; the local and global implications of everything we do and the actions that individuals and organisations can take in response to local and global issues’

What it is not a separate subject; a series of discrete concepts or topics; confined to the classroom; the responsibility of just one teacher in the school; about transmitting a set of answers to pupils.

Where is it found at present in formal education Within policies and guidance from DCELLS and Estyn Within individual subjects In the hearts of many teachers Implicitly within the ethos on many schools Within many award schemes and initiatives

Opportunities and Levers along the way 1. Policy opportunities

Opportunities and Levers along the way 2. The ESDGC Action plan Deliver ESDGC…. Through Leadership Embed in Teaching and Learning By Institutional Management With Partnerships Within Research

Opportunities and Levers along the way 3. Estyn Baseline Survey Evidence of good practice No clear delivery across all aspects Imbalance between ESD and EGC

Opportunities and Levers along the way 4. Curriculum 2008 ‘ensure relevance to the twenty-first century, support Government policy including …. Curriculum Cymraeg, Wales, Europe and the World equal opportunities, education for sustainable development and global citizenship, world of work and entrepreneurship

ESDGC themes Wealth and Poverty Identity and Culture Choices and Decisions Health Climate change Consumption and Waste Natural Environment

Building a “common understanding” for ESDGC Scope the breadth of ESDGC and provide clarity of content for teachers Provide clarity to NGO/external partners Begin to define excellence in this area

Putting the ESDGC ‘Jigsaw’ together What would the ‘ESDGC’ picture look like? Who do we work with to put it all together? What does excellence look like?