Global School Workshops
Free Workshops Available!
African Initiatives is developing new workshops as part of our Oxfam funded project which are, free to classrooms around Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Book now to set up a free workshop for your class on numerous global education topics. Topics include: Global Power, Sustainability, Trade, Conflict Resolution, Education and Gender.
Contact Claire at African Initiatives to learn more: claire@african-initiatives.org.uk
Teachers’ Global E Newsletter
The E-Newsletter is sent over 120 teachers and includes all the latest news in the development education sector and opportunities coming up in the local area. To be added to the mailing list please contact deved@african-initiatives.org.uk
Development Education Team
T: 0117 9166452
E: deved@african-initiatives.org.uk
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GLEN
About the Bristol and South Gloucestershire GLEN
The Bristol and South Gloucestershire Global Education Network (GLEN) was initially founded as part of the Department for International Development’s Enabling Effective Support Strategy (EES) which aims to support educators in delivering global education. These networks are unique in that they bring together Local Authorities, Schools, Universities, Global Service Providers and all individuals who have an interest in global education in a united purpose. Recent projects funded through the EES strategy include the Global Mapping Report which researched the provision of global education across Bristol & South Gloucestershire and the Global Education Directory-SW, currently in its final stages of development which aims to provide a comprehensive resource for schools of all Global Education Providers across the South West Region.
To Sign Up For the GLEN contact:
GLEN Coordinator: Valerie Bishop
c/o African Initiatives, Brunswick Court, Brunswick Square, Bristol BS2 8PE
T: 0117 9166452
E: val@african-initiatives.org.uk
Global Eyes
Global Eyes is a project designed to raise awareness in young people in schools of the influence of the media over our perceptions of the world around us; how our values and beliefs are shaped and therefore how we can shape others' perceptions. Global Eyes promotes positive images of Africa and challenges students to look beyond the stereotypes through an understanding of the global issues faced in Africa, and the ways in which they are overcome, as well as how grassroots organisations, NGOs, Local Governments and communities work together to reduce poverty. The project will take place over 3 years. The learning process will include workshops run by teachers who have been trained by African Initiatives in the delivery of the Global Dimension; contact with representatives of local Diaspora community associations; global education providers; and shared learning with schools in the southern hemisphere through African Initiatives partners overseas. Regional events at the culmination of each year of the project will enable students from across the region to participate in workshops, question representatives on a panel and present their “Global Eyes” to their peers. Case studies and best practice will be disseminated to schools at the end of each year.
The main aim of the project is to challenge the perceptions of the developing world in students of the Bristol and Bath area and promote positive images of Africa. Global Eyes explores the role the media plays in influencing perceptions and forming values and beliefs through considering how the media portrays global events, issues and the efforts of African countries to find solutions. This connects two priority areas in DFIDs ‘Building Support for Development Strategy Paper’- formal education and the media. This project aims to “promote more effective and widespread teaching of development issues” as well as critically assessing and evaluating the way in which the Media presents development issues and their influence on students and wider society.
GLEAN
‘We believe every young person is entitled to the opportunity to explore and engage with the global issues of the day - issues that affect all our lives.’
GLEAN is a membership organisation to support, encourage and inspire more and better global learning across our region. GLEAN provides teachers, pupils, students and everyone with an interest in or responsibility for the global dimension, the support they need to ensure that this entitlement becomes a reality. GLEAN is funded by the Department for International Development and is a network of LEAs, voluntary sector organisations, teachers and teachers associations, and others committed to creating a fairer and more just world.
To become part of the network please sign up at www.glean.org.uk
Teacher's Forum
African Initiatives runs a unique Teachers’ Forum which meets every two months at schools around the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area as well as at African Initiatives’ premises in Central Bristol. It is the largest in the South West with up to 80 members. Their objectives are to share good practice, learn about new resources, how to use them and examine opportunities for putting Global Citizenship into the classroom and the Global Dimension into the curriculum. It also gives Teachers the chance to learn more about global issues. It is a place where teachers from KS1-4 meet with representatives from local education authorities and other organisations in the area and build up a network of support to help implement the Global Dimension.
New Initiatives
Previous projects the Teachers’ forum has been involved in include “The World in Your Curriculum” conference 2005/6 and the development of a trade themed transition project, a bridging unit from Primary to Secondary School.
Examples of past themes of Teachers’ Forum meetings:
- Fairtrade
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Teaching English as an additional language
- School partnerships
- How to use photographs in the classroom
- How to use artefacts in the classroom
Teachers’ E-Bulletin
The E-Bulletin is sent to 80 members and includes all the latest news in the development education sector and opportunities coming up in the local area. To sign up to the E-Bulletin or to book a place at the next Teachers’ Forum meeting please contact Tim.
Tim Anfield, Global Education Coordinator
T: 0117 9166452
E: deved@african-initiatives.org.uk
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