Too few teachers enrolling on citizenship courses, despite the overall good quality

26 Feb 2009

The report, Professional development for citizenship teachers and leaders, finds the impact of citizenship courses on schools is good or outstanding, with a positive overall effect on schools’ ethos and pupils’ understanding.

However over half the institutions offering citizenship courses for teachers are struggling to fill places, with three courses failing to get the numbers to run the course altogether.

Previous Ofsted reports have identified the need for more courses in how to teach citizenship, a national curriculum subject. Citizenship training may include work on topics such as political literacy, critical thinking, global education, partnerships with non-government organisations and how to teach controversial topics.

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