Fostering Global Citizenship through Cross-Cutting Themes at Coleg Powys

Coleg Powys aims to incorporate Cross-Cutting Themes (CCT) into its curriculum to cultivate critical thinking skills among learners. This initiative focuses on nurturing global citizens who are open to continuous learning, innovation, and wonderment. Participants will explore ways to integrate CCT in teaching and contribute to a more sustainable world.

• Global Citizenship
• Cross-Cutting Themes
• Coleg Powys
• Critical Thinking
• Education

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1. Embedding cross cutting themes within your curriculum Facilitators Elizabeth Phillips Sarah Welch Coleg Powys

2. A passport to Global Citizenship Coleg Powys Aims To facilitate the embedding of Cross Cutting Themes within the curriculum, thus enabling your learners to become critical thinkers. Objectives By the end of this session you will have; Evaluated your role within the classroom/curriculum/vocational area at Coleg Powys. Identify what a global learner looks like. Identified the importance of being a global citizen. Explore ways to embed CCT within the curriculum. Recorded the relevance of CCT - to be used within your curriculum. Highlight your own contribution to a more sustainable world.

3. Coleg Powys A passport to Global Citizenship Habits of Mind Remaining Open to Continuous Learning Responding with Wonderment and Awe Creating, Imagining and Innovating Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty. Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality. Learn from your own experiences!

4. A passport to Global Citizenship Coleg Powys

5. A passport to Global Citizenship Name this country... ? Coleg Powys

6. A passport to Global Citizenship Richest in the world Largest military Centre of world business and finance Strongest education system World centre of innovation and invention Currency the world standard of value Highest standard of living Coleg Powys

7. A passport to Global Citizenship The United Kingdom... ...in 1900 Coleg Powys

8. A passport to Global Citizenship It is estimated that today s learner will have had 10-14 jobs... .......By the age of 38 Coleg Powys Enterprise and employability

9. A passport to Global Citizenship According to former US Secretary of Education Richard Riley... ...the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004 Coleg Powys

10. Coleg Powys A passport to Global Citizenship Therefore we are currently preparing students for jobs that don t yet exist... ...using technologies that haven t been invented... ...in order to solve problems we don t even know are problems yet

11. A passport to Global Citizenship We are living in exponential times Coleg Powys

12. A passport to Global Citizenship NOW WE KNOW What does it all mean? And what are we going to do about it? Coleg Powys

13. A passport to Global Citizenship Task 1 Evaluate your role within the classroom/curriculum/vocational area at Coleg Powys Complete the worksheet Coleg Powys Equality and diversity

14. Coleg Powys A passport to Global Citizenship Task 2 What does a global learner look like? Meet Barbie and Ken As you can see they need some new clothes. Using post-its Think of as many words and/or phases you can to describe a good global learner Girls against the boys first to complete their wardrobe gets a prize ESDGC

15. A passport to Global Citizenship Task 3 Identify the importance of being a global citizen. Using the statements provided build a pyramid starting with the most important statement at the top. Feedback to the group. Coleg Powys Welsh language and Welsh culture

16. A passport to Global Citizenship Task 4 Explore ways to embed CCT within the curriculum Working in groups of Four: Agree on a session topic or activity. Through discussion thought shower ways to embed CCT within that session/activity. Feedback to the group Coleg Powys

17. A passport to Global Citizenship Task 5 Record the relevance of CCT - to be used within your curriculum. As a guardian of your learners journey to becoming an active global citizen: Step 1 In your groups: Each create a statement to engage and enthuse your learners to share the skills, behaviours and attitudes needed to succeed in a global community. Coleg Powys For example.......... ESW

18. A passport to Global Citizenship Step 2 Become roving reporters ( record an interview with your group) Individual statement (each person in your group to make a contribution) Super singing star (create a jingle promoting Global citizenship) NOW Record your statement into the microphone

19. Coleg Powys A passport to Global Citizenship Task 6 Highlight your own contribution to a more sustainable world. On a post it state one thing that you have done in the last 24hrs to help create a more sustainable world Please stick it on the display on your way out.

20. Coleg Powys A passport to Global Citizenship Aims Too facilitate the embedding of Cross Cutting Themes within the curriculum, thus enabling your learners to become critical thinkers. Objectives By the end of this session you will have; Evaluated your role within the classroom/curriculum/vocational area at Coleg Powys. Identify what a global learner looks like. Identified the importance of being a global citizen. Explore ways to embed CCT within the curriculum. Recorded the relevance of CCT - to be used within your curriculum. Highlighted your own contribution to a more sustainable world.

21. A passport to Global Citizenship What are we going to do? All together now We are going to:- Talk the talk Walk the walk Coleg Powys