Publications

Summary: This Quick Guide, one of a series of twelve highlighting 14-19 opportunities for citizenship, focuses on the progression in learning from key stage 4 citizenship during the 14-19 phase of education. The guide covers citizenship in the National Curriculum, the new programme of study at key stage 4, building on key stage 4 citizenship learning and new qualifications.

Building on key stage 4 citizenship

Summary: This collection of resources contains information and activities for young people learning about ten topical and often controversial citizenship issues. The aim of each resource is to introduce the key facts and arguments surrounding a citizenship topic and to provide introductory learning activities. These are designed to engage learners' interest in the topic and encourage them to research additional information and a wider variety of views from the references and websites provided. The materials should be seen as 'starters', since each topic is complex and should be examined in more depth than can be done in a few pages.

The topics available are:
1. The European Union
2. Voting and elections
3. The politics of food
4. Globalisation
5. Local democracy
6. Sustainable development
7. The abolition of slavery?
8. Smoking and alcohol: the politics of bans
9. Tax and pensions: political battlegrounds
10. 'Let freedom ring': civil rights, human rights and the power of protest

The activities are aimed at post-16 students, but can be adapted for use with younger learners. You can download the resources here or order a complete set on CD-Rom. Note on section 5: You can download the local democracy quiz answers


Active citizenship: learning resources for topical issues

Summary: This Quick Guide, one of a series of twelve highlighting 14-19 opportunities for citizenship, focuses on the contribution of citizenship to personalised learning and learner voice. 'Having a voice' is a key feature of both personalisation and citizenship. This Quick Guide includes an outline of the principles of effective practice and examples of practice in a range of post-16 contexts.

Personalisation, learner voice and citizenship

Summary: The government has recognised the importance of encouraging offenders to develop new skills which enable them to function successfully in society and employment. This pack provides information, case studies and educational materials for introducing citizenship into programmes designed to better prepare young offenders for life in the community. Citizenship provides opportunities for young offenders to engage in debate about the kind of world that they want to live in and their own responsibilities in making such a world possible.

Straight talking: citizenship and offender learning

Summary: This Quick Guide, one in a series of twelve highlighting 14 - 19 opportunities for citizenship, focuses on personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS) which are being embedded in the revised national curriculum and the new 14-19 Diplomas and how citizenship offers a motivating context for developing a wide range of skills and applying them to real tasks, problems and situations.

Citizenship and personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS)

Summary: This Quick Guide, one in a series of twelve highlighting 14 - 19 opportunities for citizenship, focuses on Entry level programmes including Skills for Life. Citizenship is one of a wide range of subjects on offer as an Entry level certificate.

Citizenship through Entry level programmes including Skills for Life

Summary: This Quick Guide, one in a series of twelve highlighting 14 - 19 opportunities for citizenship, focuses on Entry level programmes including Skills for Life. Citizenship is one of a wide range of subjects on offer as an Entry level certificate. Citizenship also offers a stimulus for developing skills for life and increasing participation and a sense of inclusion.

Citizenship through Entry level programmes including Skills for Life

Summary: This Quick Guide, the first of a series of twelve highlighting 14-19 opportunities for citizenship, offers an overview of 14-19 reforms of particular relevance to citizenship including the revised secondary curriculum, new citizenship qualifications, Progression Pathways, Every Child Matters/Youth Matters, 14-19 Diplomas, Extended Projects and Skills.

Overview of 14-19 developments

Summary: In this issue : citizenship ten years on, celebrating the power of the learner voice, China's answer to citizenship education, ESOL and citizenship and new focus on 14-19 section. Resources supplement: Tax and pensions - political battlegrounds. Complete our questionnaire to tell us what you think about the programme magazine.

Citizenship News: Issue 19 - October 2007

Summary: This booklet illustrates how citizenship knowledge and skills can be developed through volunteering. Activities such as community involvement, service learning and youth-led projects are valuable for developing active citizenship. This booklet provides useful training and learning activities for those involved in youth volunteering and post-16 citizenship education and provides clear guidelines on how to ensure volunteering activities can also deliver valuable citizenship learning about social and political issues.

More than volunteering: active citizenship through youth volunteering

Summary: In this issue: new opportunities for active citizenship, leaders and coordinators take note: citizenship's hour has come, a bridge between custody and the community, youth work and citizenship seize the moment. Resources supplement: Smoking and alcohol: the politics of bans.

Citizenship News: Issue 18 - June 2007

Summary: This booklet explores how to approach post-16 citizenship through research projects. These projects can be undertaken by individuals or groups. By involving young people in choosing the citizenship issues to investigate their work has more relevance and increases their motivation. This booklet explores what opportunities citizenship research projects should offer.

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 6. Citizenship through research projects

Summary: This booklet is for youth workers and managers in youth services provided by local authorities and those working in community groups and the voluntary sector. It describes the different approaches that can be taken in youth and community groups. Through examples, drawn from projects that participated in the Post-16 Citizenship Development Programme between 2001 and 2006, it shows how citizenship opportunities have been provided for young people from all types of background.

Post-16 citizenship in youth and community groups: an introduction to effective practice

Summary: This guide examines the benefits that citizenship can bring and the ways in which leaders and coordinators can ensure that these benefits are embedded in the whole ethos of the organisation. The guide also considers how citizenship education can provide a vehicle and a context for many current educational initiatives for 14-19 year-olds.

Post-16 citizenship: a guide for leaders and coordinators

Summary: Giving young people a voice builds their confidence, self-esteem and motivation and encourages them to develop and interest in current events. It helps them to develop and express their own opinions while listening to others. It is an important way of developing their citizenship skills and empowering them to take action on matters that concern them. Recent initiatives, such as the FE White Paper aim to increase the opportunities for young people in Further Education to comment on how they learn and what they learn. Guidance on the new order for all providers to put learner involvement strategies in place will be available from April 2007. This booklet provides advice on how to set up effective opportunities for learners to get their voices heard as part of citizenship activities.

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 1. Citizenship through learner voice and representation

Summary: This booklet examines and illustrates approaching post-16 citizenship through qualifications and personalised programmes. This booklet outlines case studies that demonstrate some of the creative and innovative ways organisations have found to link to citizenship activity to existing programme requirements or qualifications.

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 2. Citizenship through qualifications and personalised programmes

Summary: This booklet explores how to approach post-16 citizenship through tutorial and enrichment programmes by giving young people timetabled opportunities to meet regularly in personal or pastoral tutor groups. Tutorial is increasingly seen as a chance to develop citizenship learning to fulfil the wider ambitions of putting citizenship at the heart of education set down in the 14-19 white paper (2005).

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 3. Citizenship through group tutorial and enrichment programmes

Summary: This booklet explores approaching post-16 citizenship through voluntary and community-based activities and how they create links with the wider community and get young people involved in real situations, new experiences and wider activities and thereby foster a sense of belonging, profile and pride in their community.

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 4. Citizenship through voluntary and community-based activities

Summary: This booklet examines approaching post-16 citizenship through single events that can take the form of small, short workshops, or large whole-day or residential conferences. This booklet highlights how planning and running an event on a citizenship issue that young people have identified as important to them is motivating, stimulating and enjoyable.

Six approaches to post-16 citizenship: 5. Citizenship through single events

Summary: In this issue: Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme Launch conference, young people interview David Blunkett, progress, progression and representation, the student voice enabled and diversity and citizenship: the Ajegbo report. Resources supplement: The abolition of slavery?

Citizenship News: Issue 17 - March 2007

Summary: A case for action? Skills for active citizenship research Like citizenship, action research is about having a positive effect on the quality of people’s lives. It is about seeking improvement both for the individual and for public and political reasons. As a form of practical enquiry it involves skills in planning, observing, reflecting and acting. Citizenship issues are usually bound up with the values of those involved, and it is easy to dismiss the views of others when you don’t agree with their values, creating a potential for conflict. This pack aims to describe the skills and associated knowledge needed to carry out action research in a citizenship context and support the development and application of these skills.

A case for action? Skills for active citizenship research

Summary: The title of the pack, More than profit, gives the message that the materials go beyond the narrow concerns of business and making returns on investment. The sub-title, work, social enterprise and citizenship, explains the focus on citizenship in workplace settings and the overlaps between citizenship and social entrepreneurship. The pack has been produced by the Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme to help the integration of citizenship education into post-16 vocational and work-related learning programmes.

More than profit: work, social enterprise and citizenship

Summary: This booklet, written for sixth-form teachers, tutors and managers, highlights the benefits of post-16 citizenship. It describes different approaches that can be taken in a school sixth form and provides real examples of how schools have given students citizenship opportunities. It also gives details of resources that support citizenship activities, and useful websites and contacts.

Post-16 citizenship in school sixth forms: an introduction to effective practice

Summary: This booklet is for managers and trainers of Entry to Employment (E2E) and apprenticeship programmes. It may also be of interest to young people supporting their peers in citizenship activities. Examples are given of different approaches that can be used in training and work settings for engaging young people in citizenship and recognising their achievements. These examples are drawn from projects that participated in the Post-16 Citizenship Development programme from 2001 to 2006, funded by DfES and managed by The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA, now LSN).

Post-16 citizenship in work-based learning: an introduction to effective practice

Summary: This booklet, written for lecturers, tutors and managers in further education, tertiary and sixth-form colleges, highlights the benefits of post-16 citizenship. It describes the different approaches that can be taken and offers examples of how colleges have given students citizenship opportunities. It also gives details of resources that support citizenship activities, and useful websites and contacts.

Post-16 citizenship in colleges: an introduction to effective practice

Summary: ‘Getting Started’ is a set of materials aimed at staff who wish to introduce citizenship education into any organisation that provides education or training for post-16 learners. It consists of information, advice, guidance and case studies based on the post-16 citizenship guidance developed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). The pack also provides 13 activities and self-evaluation audits that have been developed during the development phase of the post-16 citizenship programme, tried and tested across the different settings.

Getting started with post-16 citizenship

Summary: This is the sixteenth issue of Citizenship News and the first to be produced as part of the new Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme. In this issue: Citizenship and the learner voice, citizenship and the specialised diplomas, learning by example: post-16 citizenship champions and regional networks, Ofsted report on citizenship education and a resources supplement on sustainable development

Citizenship News: Issue 16 - November 2006

Summary: This is a practical introduction to discussion and debating skills development within a citizenship context. Learners are helped to express their opinions in a clear and logical way, to think critically and develop reasoned arguments about citizenship issues.

For the sake of argument: discussion and debating skills in citizenship

Summary: An active introduction for staff and learners to the skills needed to run a successful citizenship event. Activities focus on how the citizenship context impacts on the use of these skills and ways to help young people identify, develop, practise and apply the skills they need to be effective contributors to citizenship events, and to reflect on what they learn in the process.

Getting the show on the road: skills for planning and running citizenship events

Summary: The latest issue of the Post-16 citizenship development programme's newsletter rounds up the lessons of the development programme and celebrates the successes of all of the projects involved. In this issue: top tips from the post-16 citizenship champions, QCA guidance for post-16 citizenship, music and citizenship, national evaluations of the development programme, citizenship education case studies across the post-16 settings and staff development for active citizenship.

Citizenship News: Issue 15 - August 2006

Summary: The activities in this pack are designed to be used with learners as part of a citizenship programme. They provide a range of ways of encouraging debate about the concepts of ‘identity’, ‘cultural identity’ and ‘national identity’. It also includes two DVDs, one (Diversity, identities and citizenship: Discussion and activities) is a recording of a workshop with 12 young people from a wide range of different backgrounds at which some of the activities in this pack were trialled; and the other (Young, British and Muslim) produced by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to portray the variety of lifestyles and views of Muslims in Britain. The pack also includes, as inserts, a poster of images of Britain, and photograph and a collage.

We all came here from somewhere: Diversity, identities and citizenship

Summary: This DVD has been produced with an advisory group of young people who have themselves taken part in citizenship programmes. They have made this DVD to explain post-16 citizenship education to other young people. It contains examples of the many creative and engaging activities that can be used to explore the social and political issues that arise in citizenship and demonstrates how citizenship can be a fun and active way for young people to get involved in the issues that are important to them, have their say and make a difference.

Citizenship Uncovered: a young person's guide to post-16 citizenship

Summary: This pack is intended to be a practical and accessible guide to citizenship teaching and learning through video production. The activities in this pack were, in part, developed while working with a group of young consultants to produce a DVD promoting post-16 citizenship to young people for the LSDA. Video is an effective medium for young people to express their views and, through involvement in a production process, they are able to learn more about putting forward a case or argument. Video is a particularly useful in a citizenship context because it allows young people to consider issues of concern to them and to develop their thinking about the wider social and political implications of their chosen topic.

Choosing an angle: Citizenship through video production

Summary: The newsletter of the Post-16 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Local democracy supplement, voice your view citizenship through music competition, citizenship conference in a cathedral and the new AQA qualification in citizenship. Answers to activity on page 3 of the supplement available

Citizenship News: Issue 14 - March 2006

Summary: The information and activities in this pack are primarily for use with those involved in initial teacher training for citizenship, but may also be valuable for trainee teachers in other curriculum areas and more experienced staff across the post-16 sector who are coming to citizenship education for the first time. The packs provides background on recent policy initiatives in post-16 citizenship, enables trainee teachers to consider what constitutes post-16 citizenship, the benefits of citizenship learning beyond the national curriculum and how such provision might be organised and encourages active learning and debate about these issues through five activities. These activities can form a half-day introductory training programme for post-16 citizenship.

Post-16 Citizenship: A guide for trainee teachers

Summary: The information and activities in this pack are primarily for use with those involved in initial teacher training for citizenship, but may also be valuable for trainee teachers in other curriculum areas and more experienced staff across the post-16 sector who are coming to citizenship education for the first time. The packs provides background on recent policy initiatives in post-16 citizenship, enables trainee teachers to consider what constitutes post-16 citizenship, the benefits of citizenship learning beyond the national curriculum and how such provision might be organised and encourages active learning and debate about these issues through five activities. These activities can form a half-day introductory training programme for post-16 citizenship.

Post-16 Citizenship: A guide for trainee teachers

Summary: This pack is aimed at facilitators wishing to use simulations in a programme of active citizenship, in which learners are encouraged to take some real action in their organisation or community. Using the activities in this pack facilitators can help learners prepare for their action, gain new interpersonal skills, increase their confidence and check out reality, by exploring some of the possible viewpoints about, and implications of, the proposed action. This pack can be used to help learners gain a better understanding of issues they are unlikely to have direct experience of; they can find out about the implications of a range of social and political issues from the safety of their own classroom or training area.

Reality Check: Citizenship through simulation

Summary: Staff development plays an essential part in effective post-16 citizenship in all types of organisation. Whether you work with learners in a training organisation, students in a school or FE college, or with young people in the Youth Service or through voluntary organisations, staff will expect personal development and support as they introduce and develop citizenship, irrespective of the size of your team. This pack is a brief and practical introduction to help you and your team get started with staff development for citizenship. Designed to be used by people in all types of organisation, it gives practical suggestions for planning, delivering and evaluating successful staff development.

Staff development for post-16 citizenship: Guidance and materials for citizenship co-ordinators and staff developers

Summary: This interactive CD-ROM offers a comprehensive guide to post-16 citizenship. It has been developed to support staff interested in offering citizenship in education and training organisations and in community groups. It offers information, activities, resources and downloadable materials, it can be used by individuals for self study or by trainers with groups of staff.

Making it click: an interactive guide to post-16 citizenship

Summary: The activities in this pack can be used with either staff, within a training and development session, or learners, as part of their citizenship programme. They aim to introduce participants to the meaning of ‘controversy’; to provide techniques for dealing with controversy; and to build the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to use these techniques effectively. Each activity has suggestions for assessment of citizenship learning, to be used with young people and focused on the relevant learning objectives.

Agree to disagree: Citizenship and controversial issues

Summary: The newsletter of the Post-16 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Globalisation supplement national conference 2005 report, youth and community citizenship, breaking down barriers, interview with Lord David Puttnam on citizenship and staff development for citizenship.

Citizenship News: Issue 13 - October 2005

Summary: This resource pack, a booklet and CD, aims to introduce citizenship education to post-16 learners through the medium of music, song, poetry, or rap. It contains background information on the history of protest music, as well as activities that have been based on a workshop programme, trialled with young people in the LSDA post-16 citizenship programme. The pack is intended for teachers, lecturers, instructors, and youth leaders, working with young people, who may or may not have experience of writing music or lyrics.

Get up stand up: Citizenship through music

Summary: This package of video and dvd has been produced as a staff development tool and is a follow up to our first resource package ‘Post 16 citizenship:what?why?how?' It uses as its framework the recently published QCA Guidance for post 16 citizenship.The examples shown on the video are intended to support the planning of post 16 citizenship programmes. We are grateful to the members of staff and students, trainees and learners from the projects for allowing us to use their experiences.

Make it happen: Effective Practice in Post 16 Citizenship

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. Supplements included: Young Persons Supplement and Resources Supplement (PDF - 1.8MB). In this issue we report on the growing body of successful and inspiring work in the Development Programme. Included in this issue are the Young People's supplement (written and designed by students) and the Politics of Food resource supplement reporting on the issues raised by Jamie Oliver's recent campaign about the quality of school meals.

Citizenship News: Issue 12 - June 2005

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Operation Black Vote, Your voice-your opinion, The Tsunami and Citizenship, Every election has a silver lining and the voting supplement.

Citizenship News : Issue 11 - March 2005

Summary: Citizenship through Art aims to introduce citizenship education to post-16 learners through the medium of art. It is intended to be a fun and comprehensive guide for those directly involved in citizenship provision voluntary organisations, the youth service, training organisations, schools and colleges. It takes into account that some citizenship facilitators may have little or no knowledge of art.

More than words: Citizenship through art

Summary: The newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Citizenship-some key questions, reality seekers, a focus for involvement, Citizenship Artists, Bad lads made good? and European Supplement (PDF File - 482KB).

Citizenship News: Issue 10 - November 2004

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Sheffield and London Conferences, Post-16 Citizenship: where next?, Sessions-Are you being served?, Let young people decide, The big Conversation and Eyes wide open.

Citizenship News: Issue 9 - July 2004

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Your Voice, Your View; Getting active through the web; Rising to the challenge; Have your say; Whose right is it anyway; Society through the lens.

Citizenship News : Issue 8 - April 2004

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Effective Citizens; Wider horizons; Learners and local democracy; Inner City Youth Action; Staff development for Citizenship - the way forward.

Citizenship News : Issue 7 - January 2004

Summary: An introductory video and CD-ROM package, with explanatory booklet, for use in staff development for post-16 citizenship to address the questions of what citizenship is, what the benefits are and how to deliver it.

Post-16 Citizenship: what? why? how?

Summary: This pack encourages an active exploration of society, aiming to explore issues, challenge opinion and share conclusions through the medium of photography. The pack is based on the work of learners taking part in an active citizenship project.

The Real Picture: Citizenship through photography

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Political pride in the city, Celebrating success, Approaches to assessment and New media - new opportunities

Citizenship News : Issue 6 - October 2003

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: Some for all - more for some, What have we achieved?, Controversy in citizenship is inevitable!, From the personal to the public, A focus on political literacy, Models and methods.

Citizenship News : Issue 5 - July 2003

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: The youth voice in West London, Positive choices, Citizenship questions and answers, In the council chamber, Learning to let go, A right to be heard.

Citizenship News : Issue 4 - April 2003

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue: 'Hearing, questioning and voting', 'Citizens at work', 'Pushing back the boundaries', 'A forum for our views', 'Tutoring for citizenship'.

Citizenship News : Issue 3 - January 2003

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue; 'influencing transport policy', MUNGA in Gothenburg', 'a better sense of community', 'citizens of all abilities', 'challenging imagery'.

Citizenship News : Issue 2 - May 2002

Summary: The Newsletter of the 16-19 Citizenship Development Programme. In this issue; 'citizenship from four perspectives', 'active citizenship by accident or design?', 'campaigning in the community', 'our issues - our views'.

Citizenship News : Issue 1 - September 2002