Examples of how global citizenship has been embedded into the learning, teaching and the life of educational establishments.
Use the links on the right to focus on case studies for specific aspects of global citizenship.
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The United Nations: The Girl Effect

Video featuring Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, showing student-led interdisciplinary learning looking at global issues. Published by the Scottish Government, on the Vimeo website, to illustrate the impacts and benefits that Curriculum for Excellence is having in secondary schools.
Published on 21 February 2012
Creativity Portal - Big Hairy Hamish: The Monster Who Cared

Discover how Scottish Opera worked with 27 primary schools to introduce pupils from pre-school to P4 to the importance of recycling. (Requires Glow login)
Published on 20 January 2012
Entrepreneurial skills - Anderson High School

International links at Anderson High School in Shetland have helped a group of young people who require more choices and more chances.
Published on 22 August 2011
Entrepreneurial skills - Lenzie Academy

A.G. Barr Food and Drink challenge provides an insight into the entrepreneurial skills required to operate a successful business programme that encourages young people to take responsibility and ownership of the challenge
Published on 12 August 2011

An interdisciplinary, multi school partnership project exploring impacts, opportunities and adaptations associated with climate change in the Cairngorms National Park through the medium of film making.
Published on 31 May 2011

Case studies that highlight a number of different examples of the way that woodland environments can provide a rich resource and context for learning.
Published on 17 May 2011
Entrepreneurial skills - Auchenlodment Primary School

The Fantastic Forests project at Auchenlodment Primary School in Johnstone gave P7 pupils the opportunity to develop enterprise and entrepreneurial skills by devising a series of themed walks in nearby Bluebell Woods.
Published on 4 April 2011
Self-awareness and awareness of others

Early learners at Aberlour Nursery embarked on an exploration of similarities and differences in Scottish and Chinese culture in order to help develop the children's understanding of the wider world and Scotland's place in it.
Published on 15 March 2011
Practitioners collaborating across a local authority

Highland Council has established a group of educationalists to promote the Council’s Developing Global Citizens policy in all schools and pre-schools across the authority.
Published on 15 March 2011
Learners as leaders - working in partnership to improve the local community

In this initiative the Primary 4 and 5 pupils at Niddrie Mill Primary School worked with Planning Aid for Scotland to understand and provide input to the plans for redevelopment of a piece of wasteland near their school.
Published on 15 March 2011
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