Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/12/2020
15:30 - 17:30

Categories

• CPD
• Difficult Issues

This webinar on 8 December will explore teaching and learning strategies which promote teachers understanding of how they can teach about controversial issues in ways that promote critical analysis. Effectively addressing controversial issues will also help to challenge misinformed views and perceptions amongst pupils, challenge commonly held ‘myths’ and build understanding and appreciation about others.

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Course Outline

This webinar will be practical and will focus on:

• Confidence to promote honesty about pluralist views
• How schools can provide safe spaces for their young people to discuss openly issues that concern them
• Exploring tools that can be used to debate fundamental moral and human rights principles
• Teaching strategies that promote open respectful dialogue including questioning techniques to open up safe debate
• How teachers can help develop these skills in young people
• Exploring bias
• Promoting skills for democratic participation
• Developing pupils’ conceptual knowledge about rights and responsibilities, government and democracy and identities and communities

Target Audience / Phase of Education

Subject leaders of Citizenship/ PSHEE, RE, Geography, History and Inclusion leads in school

• Primary
• Secondary
• Special
• Extended Learning Centres

How to book your place

Book your place here via Eventbrite using the password Coventry2020

The training will be delivered virtually using MS Teams. You will be sent a link once your booking is confirmed.

If you have any queries you can contact the Prevent Team: Prevent@coventry.gov.uk