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CPD activity: What is a Global Citizen?
From the CPD activities online resource
Aim:
For participants to think about what they understand a 'Global Citizen'
to be, and to look at how this could translate into educational
practice.
What to do - Part A::
1. Working in small groups, ask participants to come up with ideas
about what traits or characteristics a Global Citizen would have.
These should be written on post-it notes - one idea on each.
2. Give out a copy of the page 'Traits
for the educator aspiring to be a Global Citizen' to each group.
Ask participants to stick their post-its on the page, to correspond
broadly with the nine traits. Centre discussion in each group on
questions such as:
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How similar are the participants' ideas and the
page?
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How helpful are the traits in furthering understanding
of what a Global Citizen might be? (Encourage participants
to read through
the page either individually or as a group and place themselves
on a scale from 'yes', through 'getting there' to 'no').
Do any unmatched post-its represent completely
new traits which should be included?
3. In a plenary session share feedback from each group.
Note: Keep the papers for Part B.
What to do - Part B:
1. Working in the same groups as for the first activity, ask
each group to cut up their copy of the 'Traits…' page from
last time, so that each of the nine original traits, and any additional
ones, are on separate pieces of paper. Ask each group to discuss
the relative importance of each trait, and to arrange them in an
order that reflects this. It is important to make clear that there
is no 'correct' formation.
2. After about 15 minutes, encourage the participants to walk around
the room and look at how other groups have arranged their pieces
of paper.
3. In a plenary session, allow each group to state which traits
they felt were most important and why. Also encourage reflection
on the process of the exercise: did each group member feel his or
her views were incorporated into the final formation? If not, why?
4. Look at each trait and discuss which of them the school already
has, and which should be strengthened. Record this on a chart under
the headings:
(a) Already being done
(b) Should be done right away
(c) Should be done in the long term
(d) Would be difficult to do given the present situation.
5. Finally, back in groups, ask each group to choose one point
written under (b) or (c) on the chart and to consider how it could
be achieved within the school. Ask each group to record their thoughts
on large sheets of paper, so that they may be displayed around the
room for informal sharing. These ideas could contribute to the developing
of a whole-school audit.
From the CPD activities online resource
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