Click picture to access film Dumbarton Academy has a systematic way of introducing rights to all members of the school community in a large secondary school. Each department adopts an article and incorporates this within their lessons as a way of embedding rights across the curriculum.
Click picture to access film Dumbarton Academy’s Young Enterprise group had the idea of creating a training programme for children’s rights as an enterprise project. Senior pupils sold packs and delivered training in schools in West Dunbartonshire and beyond.
The high quality of this resource and the work you see represented is due to the dedication of many individuals. On behalf of the group, I wish to give particular thanks to the following: Bruce Wilkinson for inspiring so many in Scottish schools to incorporate rights education into the school ethos and curriculum. Janice McKenzie, … Continue reading Acknowledgements →
Are Secondary schools different? There are undisputed issues and complexities involved in introducing a rights-based approach into secondary schools: size of school; numbers of students and staff on site; ensuring consistency – students work with many different adults each day; difficulties engaging with parents; importance of preparing students for adult life/promoting positive values/decision making; time … Continue reading Secondary →