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Education for Rural People

Linking Wales and Zanzibar 2004 - 2006 A development education project in collaboration with FAO and UNESCO. Education for Rural People. Our aims …. To raise awareness of ERP and food security To form a network of schools in Wales linked with a similar network in Zanzibar

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Education for Rural People

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  1. Linking Wales and Zanzibar 2004 - 2006 A development education project in collaboration with FAO and UNESCO Education for Rural People

  2. Our aims … • To raise awareness of ERP and food security • To form a network of schools in Wales linked with a similar network in Zanzibar • To develop and trial resources looking at the issues connected with ERP • To disseminate information throughout Wales and with European partners

  3. Aim 1: to raise awareness of the value of ERP in food security • What would you do tomorrow if you didn’t have to go to school? • What would you be doing tomorrow if you’d never been to school? • What do you want to be doing in 10 years? • What would you be doing in 10 years time if you’d never been to school?

  4. Aim 2: to form a network of schools in Wales linked to a similar network in Zanzibar

  5. Split site school of 1470 pupils aged 11-18 on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil. • Location of school on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. • Main activities in rural areas are hill sheep farming and the growth of the tourism industry via diversification. • ERP resources integrated across the curriculum with particular reference to Geography, P.S.E and R.E. • Issues discussed include aid, trade and sustainable tourism.

  6. Cardinal Newman Catholic School • 780 pupils on one site. • Located on the outskirts of Pontypridd. • Historically a coal mining area surrounded by upland sheep farming. • Rural area diversifying and environmental improvements on derelict industrial land. • ERP project includes RE, civics and democracy. • Partners in France, Italy, Germany, Poland & Uganda: represented UK in Brussels in the 2003 Commenius Conference. • Winners of French “Le defis de la paix” democracy competition 2005. • Represented Wales in Berlin 2005 in a conference commemoration the fall of the Berlin wall.

  7. Sir Thomas Picton High School • School on the outskirts of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. • Catchment area in low land pastoral, market gardening and cereal farming. • Intense diversification into the tourism industry of Pembrokeshire including national attractions such as educational farms and quad-biking centres. • Existing link with Zanzibar, peer support for teachers. • PSE lessons dealing with childrens rights, sustainable tourism, water supply and demand as a global topic.

  8. The Partnership in Wales • CYFANFYD • CYFARTHFA HIGH • CARDINAL NEWMAN • SIR THOMAS PICTON • GREENHILL • SAZANI ASSOCIATES

  9. Aim 3: To develop and trial resources looking at the issues connected with ERP

  10. ERP as part of ESDGC The differences and similarities between Wales & Zanzibar • Interdependence • Citizenship & stewardship • Needs & rights • Diversity • Sustainable change • Quality of life • Uncertainty & precaution • Values & • perceptions • Conflict resolution Learning to take responsibility to make the world a better place Understanding basic needs & rights and how our needs impact on future generations and on people in other countries Exploring human diversity as well as biodiversity Sustainable tourism, lifestyle changes to preserve resources Global equity & justice: women’s rights; child labour Recognising and responding to change Thinking critically about how we perceive Zanzibar and how this might affect people’s attitudes Understanding conflicts and developing strategies to resolve them

  11. English Science R.E Maths Drama Art ESDGC +ERP Project Music History Community P.E Languages ICT Geography Technology

  12. Religion Culture Family Languages People Map/atlas Relief / coastal Tourism Issues Geography Appropriate Aid Sustainable Development Animals Environment Settlements Plants Globalisation Climate Fishingvillages farming

  13. Aim 4: To disseminate information throughout Wales and with European partners

  14. Dissemination & the future • Cyfanfyd AGM – June: Cardiff • WRPDN (LEA) conference – July: Llangollen • ERP exchange visits – France, Italy & Wales • World Teacher’s Day – ASPnet UNESCO • Zanzibar ERP Conference • Expand the network – Schools: Dolen Cymru Community: WEA Overall support: British Council

  15. ERP Wales-Zanzibar link Amina – 16 F Zahura – 9 F Mati – 5 F Juma – 14 M Jabir – 11 M Omar – 7 M Who would you send to school?

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