Module: Citizenship Education in Placements

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Citizenship Education in Placements
Module Code	SG308 (ITS) / EDP1043 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Institute of Education	School	STEM Ed, Innov, Global Studies
Module Co-ordinator	Jacqueline de Brún, Maria Barry
Module Teachers	Rowan Oberman
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

None

Description

This module provides a critical overview of global citizenship education and facilitates students to learn through placement experiences. Students are asked to share and reflect on their placement experiences and build tools, understanding and confidence for integrating global citizenship education perspectives into their teaching and professional identities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Plan for the integration of global citizenship education themes into different areas of the primary curriculum and at all stages of primary education from infants to sixth class.
2. Critique different approaches to global citizenship education both at the levels of policy and practice.
3. Select and design teaching and learning resources that are appropriate, creative and include digital components
4. Share and reflect on their own experiences of placement experiences and those experiences of others undertaking the module.
5. Develop an awareness of their own professional interests and identity in a global citizenship context.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Seminars	24	No Description
Independent Study	51	Research, reflection, reading
Assignment Completion	50	No Description
Total Workload: 125

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content
This module includes an overview of global citizenship and intercultural education from both a national and international perspective. The content will explore different approaches and frameworks and also critically analyse practice. Students will explore appropriate teaching strategies for global citizenship and intercultural education at different stages of primary education in addition planning and assessment considerations. The students will also have an opportunity to develop and deliver a GCE lesson for a primary school class to facilitate deeper understanding of global development, human rights, inter-culturalism, inclusion and equality. This will build on and extend students’ experiences and on their learning in global citizenship education. Developing an awareness of resources and networks in this area, the students will be encouraged to position themselves within a professional community of practice.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Written Exam	Develop a lesson plan that includes learning outcomes, curriculum integration and creative and appropriate activities. The plan to be be accompanied by a critical reflection that draws on course literature and with an an infographic for display in a primary school staffroom that gives guidance on how to integrate GCE into primary education practice and planning.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Bamber, P.: 2020, Teacher Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship: Perspectives on Values, Curriculum and Assessment, Routledge, New York London,
Sant, E., Davies, I., Pashby, K., & Shultz, L.: 2018, Global citizenship education: A critical introduction to key concepts and debates., Bloomsbury Publishing.,
Kavanagh, A.; Waldron; F., & Mallon, F.: 2021, Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development across the Primary Curriculum., Routledge, London and New York:,

Other Resources

0, Websites, 0, www.developmenteducation.ie http://toolkit.risc.org.uk www.trocaire.org/education/resources www.gapminder.org/dollar-street www.oxfam.co.uk/education/resources www.teachsdgs.org, 0, Report, UNESCO, 2015, Global Citizenship Education: Topics & Learning Objectives,