2. School partnerships Professional development Accreditation & awards Schools Online Schools Online Quantitative Qualitative (E.g. funded) (Online/easy-access) British Council Schools Policy dialogue & reform, benchmarking Exchanges & long term visits
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5. With thanks to QCDA creative makes connections questioning communicates well confident global citizen thirst for knowledge curious generates ideas multilingual perseveres listens and reflects critical self-editing skilled shaper literate willing to have a go thinks for themselves shows initiative gets on well with others makes a difference acts with integrity self-esteem ‘ can do’ attitude learns from mistakes independent
Through policy dialogue, countries will determine which components) will most effectively deliver local educational objectives and adjust their in-country offer accordingly. So, in one country professional development may take up a greater proportion of the overall offer, whereas in another school partnerships may take priority.
Lots of programme in BC schools EU – Comenius DGSP – DFID Connecting Classrooms
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency - the government agency responsible for developing the curriculum in England - did some research and came up with these characteristics. And we - the British Council – tested these characteristics with educators in some of the countries in which we work. So how do we help young people to develop these characteristics? How do we prepare them to become global citizens? We believe that this is where partnerships between schools and school systems play an important role.
Differences overseas and UK ? Everywhere except England – people come up with a strong national identity as being an important part of being a Global citizen This is what the the ed dept of Kabul came up with
From Learning for the 21st Century , a report from a new public-private coalition known as the Partnership for 21st Century Skills ( www.21stcenturyskills.org ), articulates a vision of how schools can best prepare students to succeed in the first decades of the 21st century.
What important factors are there in developing these partnerships?