Citizenship

Thinking like global citizens, considering global issues based on a deep understanding of diverse values and worldviews, and with a genuine interest and ability to solve ambiguous and complex real‐world problems that impact human and environmental sustainability.

Cultivating Citizenship (Elementary) - Deep Learning

Tanya Vick and her students at St. Michael Catholic School demonstrate the importance of cultivating a strong sense of citizenship. Source Link.

Cultivating Citizenship (High School) - Deep Learning

Educators and students at St. Mark High School express how important Service Days are to their school community. One of the goals of our Deep Learning initiative is to prepare our students to contribute to and transform the world. One of the first steps to this is learning to be knowledgeable and kind citizens. For more info, visit: ocsb.ca/citizenship. Source Link.

Teacher Agency

In this podcast, Derek Wenmoth reflects on teacher agency, the historical legacy that holds us back from changing educational practice and the need to act with what he terms an ´8 wire mentality’. It’s an interesting conversation about how and what should be improved to make schools relevant in the 21st century, without losing the essence of every community’s culture and identity. The deep learning task featured in this podcast had a focus competency of citizenship.

The podcast interview came from this link.

Web links

Future focus SPOTLIGHT resource. This resource from NZC Online is designed to help you design a curriculum around significant future-focused issues such as sustainability, citizenship, enterprise, and globalisation.
Teach SDG's. Open and accessible resources, lessons plans, and global projects directly aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals