Training

DEP provides learning for primary and secondary school teachers on a range of subject areas and themes. This learning can be designed to fit teacher's needs and their school's needs.

This learning can be in the form of INSET, workshops or lectures, examples of which are:

• Citizenship through subjects
• Citizenship across the curriculum / whole school approaches (e.g. links to Every Child Matters), including Earth Summit / whole year group simulations
• Global Dimension to the curriculum
• School linking / working towards the International Schools Award
• Teaching controversial issues
• Cultural diversity / Race Equality
• Every Child Matters
• Social Enterprise Learning
• Becoming a fair trade school
• ESD / Sustainable schools

DEP also provides training on the following participatory learning methodologies:

• Circle Time
• Peer Education
• Games and simulations
• Effective school councils
• Conflict resolution

Critical Thinking / Critical Literacy

• Global Citizenship
• Open Space for Dialogue and Enquiry www.osdemethodology.org.uk