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What Is I Citizen
- 3. What are the benefits to students? GCSE Project – Students develop crucial skills and habits of learning which enable them to create and manage complex projects. It rewards students who demonstrate the capabilities of working independently It enriches the curriculum and empowers pupils as active citizens.
- 4. What do we study in iCitizen? Winter Term Is Britain overcrowded? The “true” story of immigration Is our world sustainable? Countdown to Copenhagen Spring Term Should we allow genetic engineers to build our future? Can we ever stop conflict? Rwanda and Darfur Summer Term Is Voting pointless? Democracy and elections Are we taking liberties? Civil and human rights Year 10
- 5. What do we study in iCitizen? Winter Term Is Britain overcrowded? The “true” story of immigration Is our world sustainable? Countdown to Copenhagen Spring Term Should we allow genetic engineers to build our future? Can we ever stop conflict? Rwanda and Darfur Summer Term Is Voting pointless? Democracy and elections Are we taking liberties? Civil and human rights Year 10 Quality Research Reliability of information Creating Argument Dealing with counter argument Generating primary data Analysis of data Time management Making decisions Evaluation skills Problem solving
Editor's Notes
- iCitizen is a core subject for all students entering KS4. What are the key elements of iCitizen?
- What qualification do students gain?
- Why iCitizen? Why choose the GCSE Project??
- BIG PICTURE – of what we study and the skills that are embedded in each topic. These skills are built up throughout Year 10 enabling students to effectively create their own project in Year 11. Typically students are taught 3-4 lessons as an outline of the topic and they are then given a project brief with certain tasks they have to complete. Students begin to have an input into what these tasks are and how they are going to complete them. They then have the option to book into seminars and workshops which feed into the project but students are more in control of how their project develops.
- BIG PICTURE – of what we study and the skills that are embedded in each topic. These skills are built up throughout Year 10 enabling students to effectively create their own project in Year 11. Typically students are taught 3-4 lessons as an outline of the topic and they are then given a project brief with certain tasks they have to complete. Students begin to have an input into what these tasks are and how they are going to complete them. They then have the option to book into seminars and workshops which feed into the project but students are more in control of how their project develops.