1. 9. Political Knowledge Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

2. 1. Why are the seats in the House of Commons green? 2. Why are the seats in the House of Lords red? 3. Why was the Speaker’s Chair at one time a commode? 4. Who said, in their maiden speech to the House of Commons ‘Though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me’? 5. Do these things matter? Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

3. ‘Teachers and pupils often conspire in perpetuating a false security that manifests itself in a reliance on right answers and on a view of the expert as one who knows rather than one who uses knowledge to refocus doubt. Teachers, prompted by a kindly concern for those they teach, often over-simplify the complexities of living and learning; they seek to protect their pupils from uncertainty.’ (Rudduck 1991, p33) Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

4. What opportunities exist in school for pupils to develop political knowledge through experience? Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

5. As a teacher, do you... Want to illuminate? Want to cultivate? Want to keep minds busy? Want to strengthen minds? Want to fill minds up Want to mould minds Want to feed minds? Want to provide a firm foundation? (Adapted from Postman and Weingartner, 1976) Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

6. ‘most educators...are largely interested to know whether (an approach) will accomplish the goals that older learning media have tried to achieve’ (Postman and Weingartner 1976, p37) If Citizenship Education is a new type of subject with a new approach to learning, we have to become interested in new ways of learning and in ways of learning new things Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London

7. Bibliography Leighton, R (2011) Teaching Citizenship Education: A Radical Approach London: Continuum Postman, N. and Weingartner, C. (1976) Teaching As A Subversive Activity London: Penguin Rudduck, J. (1991) Innovation and Change Buckingham: Open University Press Leighton, R. 2011. Teaching Citizenship Education Continuum: London