International creative curriculum development project for secondary schools
‘Young people on the global stage: their education and influence’ which we refer to as YPOGS - is an international creative curriculum development project for secondary schools. Co-funded by the European Union as part of its Development Education and Awareness Raising programme, the project ran from 2013-2016.
YPOGS invited teachers and young people in the UK, Spain, The Gambia and Kenya to respond to big questions such as:
Teachers were also asked to consider professional questions such as:
The background to YPOGS will be of interest to those…
A communiqué produced by and for young people, and the ‘Global learning lenses on the world’ supported by a bank of downloadable resources, gives practical and engaging activities to use in the classroom is based on the experiences of these teachers and young people. For a list of those involved see here.
Over the three years of YPOGS over 2000 teachers and 10000 young people were involved in activities on global issues alongside partner organisations:
FERE-CECA Madrid in Spain
University of Exeter in UK
TANGO in The Gambia
A Rocha Kenya
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of Tide~ global learning and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.