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Putting the World into World-Class Education
Putting the World into World-Class Education, DfES, 2004
 
An international strategy for education, skills and children's services.
 
 
The strategy for schools in England focuses on one goal : To equip children and young people for life in a global society and work in a global economy.
 
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Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum
Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum, 2005
 
 
This booklet is helpful to any teacher in England planning lessons and offers subject by subject guidance with examples.
 

 
An International Outlook
International Outlook:
Educating Young Scots about the World
 
 
The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale, a definition, a set of aims and objectives, and a strategy for developing international education in Scottish schools within the context of the National Priorities.
 
 

 
Education for Sustainable Development
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, ACCAC, 2002
 
 
The booklet sets out why Welsh schools should promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship. It provides some basic definitions, together with examples of existing good practice.
 

 
Global Citizenship
Welsh Assembly Government: Global Citizenship Secondary School Map, ACCAC, 2005
 
 
This provides guidance for Welsh secondary schools to develop a programme of Education for Global Citizenship (EGC) encompassing learning activities across the curriculum. It explains what EGC is and its links with Education for Sustainable Development and Education for Race Equality.
 

 
DfES e-strategy, Harnessing Technology
Harnessing Technology:
Transforming Learning and Children's Services, 2005
 
 
The strategy promotes the use of digital and interactive technologies to achieve a more personalised approach within all areas of education and children's services, relevant to school linking because of the emphasis on collaborative work with peer groups.
 
More information on the Strategy is available at www.dcsf.gov.uk/publications/e-strategy
 

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