A presentation looking at citizenship and how Geography encouraged a sense of place and belonging

1. Where does Geography stand? Citizenship in schools Karl Donert, National Teaching Fellow Liverpool Hope University, UK, President, EUROGEO

3. Are you a citizen? Citizenship in schools: where does Geography stand? What is citizenship about?

8. What do you identify with?

9. Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 Europe

16. Active participation in society involves more than we realise

18. Citizenship and Learning Citizenship in schools: where does Geography stand? How can education help create responsible citizens?

19. Citizenship education in the UK

27. How schools approach citizenship (Kerr, 2008) Kerr D (2008), Citizenship in schools in England: longitudinal study, London, National Foundation for Education Research Student centred Education centred Involvement centred Qualification centred Citizenship driven – students show high levels of efficacy and participation with citizenship education strong in the curriculum Student efficacy driven – high level of student efficacy in school, but weak on extra-curricular activities and citizenship education in the curriculum Curriculum driven – firm on citizenship education in the curriculum, but less strong on participation and inconsistent levels of student efficacy Participation driven – high levels of student participation but students have low levels of efficacy and lack of emphasis on citizenship education in the curriculum Citizenship in the curriculum Citizenship in the curriculum Active citizenship in the school and the wider community

31. The place of Citizenship in Education?

32. What is spatial about citizenship? Citizenship in schools: where does Geography stand? Where does Geography stand?

33. Citizenship: some Geo-definitions Society Economy Environment present future global local POWER RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS

34. Global warming Refugees and asylum seekers Racism GM foods International conflict Trade Poverty Aids Dwindling resources Citizenship: Geo-education topics Is this important to you? Population Democracy

39. European Dimension

45. Ethnokids http://www.ethnokids.net

46. Friendship Schools http://www.life-link.org/

49. Environment OnLine (ENO) http://eno.joensuu.fi/

50. For more information Creative Partnerships London East Raw Skills Dance project Photographer: Dee Conway