This session is part of a series of six ITE sessions that can be delivered to increase students' knowledge about key issues and effective practice for teaching refugee and asylum seeker children and young people in primary and secondary schools. All the sessions help student teachers plan for the diverse needs of all pupils, support their educational achievement and promote race equality, well-being and community cohesion
This ITE session considers the importance of raising refugee issues and incorporating them within the Citizenship curriculum. The session provides ways to promote the global dimension in the curriculum, human rights and the celebration of cultural diversity. It also considers some of the tensions arising between the government citizenship agenda and the experiences of asylum seekers. Resources are suggested that can support pupils' consideration of issues around diversity, identity and community cohesion.
Bill Bolloten and Tim Spafford
www.refugeeeducation.co.uk