community cohesion module presentation

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www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk

Community

Cohesion andCitizenship

Powerpoint accompanying CPDmodule produced by the

Association for CitizenshipTeaching

May 2010


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!e aim for no less than achange in the political culture of

this country" for people to thin#of themsel$es as acti$e citizens%willing" able and e&uipped to

ha$e an influence in public life%'

The Cric# (eport" 1))*


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Citizenship education isNOT...

about making young people morecourteous and respectful+

simply about raising money for charity+ about teaching young people about ,-ritishness. and how to get along+

/ust a classroombased sub/ect


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Citizenship educationIS ...

about eploring a series of deep and meaningfulconcepts and processes around /ustice" democracy"rights and responsibilities+

a statutory sub/ect" a different #ind of sub/ect andmore than a sub/ect+

about building young people.s #nowledge" s#ills andcon$iction to ha$e an effecti$e role in public andpolitical life+

about helping young people ta#e action to changetheir communities for the better


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Community Cohesion andCitizenship


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Acti$ity 1 !here are you from3

You

• Where were you born?• Have you moved from the place of your birth? Why?• Do you identify with the place you were born? In

what way? Your mother / grandmother

• Where was your mother / grandmother born?

Have you moved location? Why?• Have your mother / grandmother moved?Why was this?• Do you identify with your mothers /grandmothers birthplace? In what way?


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Acti$ity 1 !here are youfrom3To further reect upon …

• How would your movement be dierent if we werefocusing on your father?

• How much does your birthplace impact on youridentity?

• Does your heritage aect how you are treated by

people?

• If you do not know your family background – howdoes this aect your sense of identity?

• Is a strong sense of local regionalnational identity


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!hat does a cohesi$ecommunity loo# li#e3

4se ,5ur 6hared 7uture.toconsider the following

8 !hat are the featuresof a cohesi$ecommunity3

8 Does your school orlocal community ha$ethese traits3

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Community Cohesion – a working deniti

,!or#ing towards a society in which there is a common$ision and sense of belonging by all communities+ a

society in which the di$ersity of people.s bac#grounds

and circumstances is appreciated and $alued+ a societyin which similar life opportunities are a$ailable to all+and a society in which strong and positi$e relationshipseist and continue to be de$eloped in the wor#place" in

schools and the wider community9.

:uidance on the duty to promote community cohesion" DC67" 200;


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What do we mean by ‘community!

The school community < students" parents" carers"families" school.s staff" go$ernors" users of the schoolfacilities9

The local community < based on geography

The UK community

The global community

lternati!e communities < disabled" $irtual" gay andlesbian" etc%


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=s there a need to addresscommunity cohesion3

"hat are the mainissues a##ecting ourcommunities$

The Commission on=ntegration and Cohesionfound

1*> of people sur$eyedfelt that immigration was themain issue facing -ritain9

5$er half of people feltthat some groups in -ritainget an unfair priority when itcomes to public ser$ices

?housing" health ser$ices@9

5f the 1 > of people whowere not proud of their area"the main reasons were crime?BB>@" lac# of communityspirit ?>@ and poorfacilities ?2)>@


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"o what actua##y is the community cohesio

8 6chools ha$e a statutory duty to promote communitycohesion since 6eptember 200;9

8 6ince 6eptember 200* schools can be inspected oncommunity cohesion9

8 6chools will be epected to show how they contributeto community cohesion through

• Teaching" learning curriculum

• E&uity and ecellence

• Engagement and etended ser$ices


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Community cohesion and theCiti$enship curricu#um


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Key messages

Community cohesion is about uni&uesolutions to uni&ue communities9

Citizenship can ma#e $italcontributions towards communitycohesion9


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‘Due to falling numbers the local council has decided to amalgamate two schools,‘yellow school’ and ‘blue school’. Together these will become the ‘greenschool’.

Yellow school is based in an urban area, it is an 11-16 comrehensi!e. "tudentsfrom the school are mostly from ethnic backgrounds and a large roortionrecei!es free school meals. #chie!ement is below national a!erage. There aremore boys than girls and the staff turno!er in recent years has been !eryhigh.

$lue school is located on the edge of the city and beyond countryside re!ails.

The school includes a small si%th form. There is a low roortion of studentsfrom ethnic backgrounds. The school has no religious leanings although thema&ority of students identify as being from 'hristian backgrounds.

#chie!ement is slightly abo!e national a!erage.

There is significant concern within both schools and the wider community o!er

the lan amalgamate the two schools. You ha!e been in!ited to &oin a steering grou whose role it is to de!ise a lan to

hel the schools come together effecti!ely.’

Acti$ity 2 Creating a sense ofcommunity


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Acti$ity 2 Creating a sense of community

19 !ho should be in the new school.s steering

group3 Allocate e$eryone in your group a role9

29 !hat concerns do you ha$e about the

amalgamation3

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Acti$ity A shared dialogue

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(ecord what you ha$e seen9

Fou will then eperience ,the focused con$ersation.9

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What did you see!

Take a c#oser #ook%


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&cti'ity () & "hared *ia#ogue


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&cti'ity +) ,ow wou#d - hand#e!

"e#ect two case studies andconsider)

How might you deal with this issue in the

classroom?

What role does the school have inaddressing the problem?

-re any of the ideas presented today usefulin addressing this issue?

Do you have any particular challenges

within your school / community which you


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%esources

Association for Citizenship Teachingwww9teachingcitizenship9org9u#

Gualifications" Curriculum and De$elopmentAgencyhttpHHcurriculum9&ca9org9u#H

Citizedwww9citized9info
http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/http://www.citized.info/http://www.citized.info/http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/

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