Educating for Equity: global learning & social justice Katie Carr & Paul Jenkins CDEC

Poverty hits twice as many British households as 30 years ago 33% of households endure below-par living standards, compared with 14% in early ‘80s Defined as going without three or more ‘basic necessities of life’ (such as being able to adequately feed and clothe themselves and their children, and to heat and insure their homes) One in three people cannot afford to heat their homes properly 4 million adults and children are not able to eat healthily.

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About CDEC Our vision is for young people to have the skills and confidence to be able to face the challenges of today, to develop understanding and respect other people and places, and to make informed choices that have a positive impact on society and the world around them.

Global Citizenship School Linking, with partners local and global Outdoor and environmental learning Diversity and multiculturalism Sustainable Development Fairtrade Pupil Voice and taking action Funded projects CPD / training Classroom resources Creative Classrooms

The World from our Doorstep Project Aim – 3 year EU funded project to help teachers and children to address global challenges by raising their awareness, and ensuring they can take action to support sustainable ways of living Partners - CDEC in Cumbria, global education organisations in Poland, Cyprus and Bulgaria Project themes – the concept of interconnectedness (local-global links), sustainability, and fairness (through Fairtrade) Participants – infant teachers, pre-school practitioners, teaching assistants and other adult helpers from UK, Poland, Cyprus and Bulgaria Approaches – enabling critical thinking (P4C, Sustained Shared Thinking), stories and artefacts, games, links with local and international food producers and craftspeople Resources - 3 big story books: Meet Zogg, Thea Discovers Chocolate & Lily’s Picnic, local producer animations commissioned and produced in Cumbria Practitioner Handbook = introductory activities and 30 lesson plans on 3 themes, devised and trialled across all partner countries

Agree Disagree Poverty isn’t just about money, it’s about other things too Fairness means: Everyone getting the same Everyone getting what they want Everyone getting what they need There is no real poverty in our country Pupil Audit Activity (Concept Line)

I know about...I care about... I am taking action... I am enabling others to take action

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Right now, for every $1 that is given in foreign aid to the global south, around $18 is taken out by other means, most notably rigged trade deals that benefit the most powerful countries and corporations, debt repayment on debts already paid off many times over, and massive tax evasion and other forms of corruption, committed by political and business elites north and south, and facilitated by a large and growing web of tax havens. So in the grand scheme of things, who’s actually developing who?around $18 is taken out by other means from

“Neither global education nor church school ethos can be an ‘added extra’; they both run through the whole curriculum and wider school life. There is a very natural fit between global education and the Christian ethos of a church school. The more aware you become of issues of global poverty and inequality, and of Christian perspectives on these issues, the less the question seems to be: ‘how does global education fit with church school ethos?’ but rather: ‘how can global education NOT be deep at the heart of all we do in a church school?’” From ‘Every Child of God Matters Everywhere’ Diocese of Bradford and Ripon & Leeds

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