Global Education: Interdependent World Sheila Bennell For use with the Module Reader Global Education: The Interdependent World (Bennell, 2011)

Session 1 Plan of the day Aims of the module Assignments Trialling and adapting resources

Aims of the module To develop: a critical understanding of the concept of interdependence at a variety of levels including personal, local and global aspects a critical understanding of the environmental, social, cultural, economic and political factors which are involved in maintaining and altering balances of interdependence. ability to critically analyse sources of information on these issues; ability to make connections between ESDGC themes understanding of a variety of methods and strategies for teaching and learning about interdependence at a variety of ages and abilities; ability to trial, evaluate and adapt strategies for teaching and learning about interdependence at a variety of ages and abilities.

Assignments Two of the following: An essay of approximately 2,000 words. A critical analysis and evaluation of the ways in which one acquires understanding of interdependence and the ways in which these can be used in an educational setting or curriculum A critical evaluation of a teaching and learning strategy for learning about interdependence, or a comparison of two methodologies, trialled in an appropriate educational setting (2000 words approximately) A critical account of a curriculum planning exercise to incorporate learning about interdependence (2500 words approximately)

Activities Economic and social interdependence Morning Globingo Who depends on us, who do we depend on? Shopping bag and map Break Where’s the impact?(Kinder egg game) (CAT, 2003)

Afternoon 5. Sowing and Harvesting (Oxfam, 1989) 6. Race to the Bottom (Oxfam, 2007) 7. Discussion of variants (on Coffee production) Break 8. Reviewing and assessing resources Time to discuss assignments 9. Black Gold DVD (Nick and Mark Francis, 2007) 10. Evaluation of day

Evaluation of the activity Did you enjoy the activity? Would you pupils enjoy it? How would you introduce it / what work would you need to do first? How could you improve it? How could you adapt it for other age groups? How could you assess individual contributions?

Next sessions Migration Environmental interdependence e.g. climate change

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