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Meeting the cross curricular challenge

Nations involved
Ireland
England
Project leads
Conor Harrison, Professional Development Service for Teachers
Chris Waller, Association for Citizenship Teaching
Project timeline
November 2010 to December 2011
This project allowed teachers in Dublin and London to see how cross-curricular and cross-national collaboration could work to promote positive citizenship. The teachers shared their findings through an online blog, which outlines fully the process that was taken over the course of the year between the teachers and the four schools. Download the report

Aims

  •   To see how cross-curricular and cross-national collaboration could work to promote positive citizenship
  •   To explore how teachers could address common curricular challenges across national borders

Actions

The project was between two schools in Dublin and two in London. Five lessons on identity were planned and completed:
  • An introductory lesson on what it means to be English and what it means to be Irish.
  • Two team-teaching lessons (involving exchanges between the English and Irish teachers)
  • A bridging lesson
  • An evaluation lesson

Outcomes

Main outcomes for pupils:
  • Experience of cross-national communication 
  • Encouraged broader ideas about identity
  • Opportunity to challenge commonly held stereotypes through real communication
  • Realisation of essential commonality whilst still being able to appreciate differences
Outcomes for wider professional development included:
  • Sharing experience, ideas and teaching methods
  • Gaining different perspectives on common issues and themes
  • Development of resources and a unit of work on identity
  • Teaching in different contexts
  • Working organically
Two years on, Michelle Springer, one of the teachers that took part in this project, has outlined the continued benefits to her teaching.
Last edited February 2015
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    • Glasgow [2019] >
      • Keynote and session resources 2019
    • London [2018] >
      • Keynote and session resources 2018
    • Dublin [2017] >
      • Workshop and seminar resources 2017
      • Guest and plenary speakers 2017
    • Cardiff [2015] >
      • Seminar resources 2015
      • Keynote speakers 2015
    • Belfast [2014] >
      • Keynote speakers 2014
      • Seminar resources 2014
      • Recommended readings 2014
    • Edinburgh [2013] >
      • Speakers and presentations
      • Workshop Resources
      • Small-Scale Research Initiative Marketplace
    • Reading [2012] >
      • Workshops >
        • Social media and citizenship teaching
        • Engaging young people with democracy and Parliaments
        • 'Comic life'- citizenship through digital story-telling
        • Harnessing digital technologies in citizenship teaching
        • Using Apple-specific technology successfully in teaching
      • Guest speakers
    • Previous conferences [2000-2011]
  • Publications
  • Funded Projects
    • FNDPs 2019-20
    • FNDPs 2017-18
    • FNDPs 2016-17
    • FNDPs 2015-16
    • Completed SSRIs >
      • Promoting Values and Citizenship through Human Rights Education
      • Enabling Student Voice in the Classroom
      • Campaign! Make an impact
      • Promoting citizenship and values education in primary schools facing challenging socio-economic circumstances: an exploratory pilot
      • Beyond Sectarianism - new thinking for a new generation
      • Meeting the cross curricular challenge
    • SSRI Awards >
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