Kenny McIntosh, University of Aberdeen

Detective Superintendent Willy MacColl, National Drugs Co-ordinator, Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency (SCDEA)

PGDE SECONDARY CROSS-PGDE SECONDARY CROSS-CURRICULAR PLANNING IN CURRICULAR PLANNING IN

LITERACY ACROSS LEARNINGLITERACY ACROSS LEARNING

A Shared Responsibility

OVERVIEW

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LITERACY ACROSS LEARNING:

one approach in UoA’s School of Education

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SELECTED DESIGN PRINCIPLES (CfE):

RELEVANCERELEVANCE

Children and young people should understand the purposes of their activities. They should see the value of what they are learning and its relevance to their lives, present and future.

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SELECTED DESIGN PRINCIPLES (CfE):

COHERENCECOHERENCE

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There should be clear links between the different aspects of children's and young people's learning, including opportunities or extended activities which draw different strands of learning together.

SELECTED DESIGN PRINCIPLES (CfE):

PROGRESSIONPROGRESSION

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Progression in learning will depend on learners having adequate opportunities to participate in higher-order learning activities and to develop breadth of learning through practice and application across a range of contexts, rather than on rapid movement through levels

Along with the learner, teachers will use their professional judgement and a range of evidence to evaluate progress and discuss with learners the next steps that are most appropriate for them.

PROGRESS TO DATE

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SCDEA CORE PURPOSE

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‘CHOICES FOR LIFE’

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‘Choices for Life’ is a 2 hour multi media event to which all primary 7 children within Scotland are invited. An annual event, it takes place at venues across the country and aims to complement ongoing substance misuse education within schools and homes.

In line with Curriculum for Excellence it supports positive healthy lifestyle choices. The event has live drama, video drama, and a quiz interspersed with live music.

Supporting materials for use within the classroom pre and post event are also available through www.choicesforlife.com.

PLANNING LITERACY ACROSS LEARNING:

THROUGH SHARED NEEDS AND THROUGH SHARED NEEDS AND PURPOSESPURPOSES

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“Hi all,Myself and (Student S) were looking at the possibility of the media aspect and were looking at perhaps focusing on music and drugs and how it is glamorised in the media. Just a few newspaper articles here, but we were maybe looking at a lesson, something like:- Overview of media- what it is.- Reference to and linking up with, science lessons they have covered, explaining that in English, we will be examining whether media glamorise drugs…”

(From Student K, 12th Feb. ’10)

PLANNING LITERACY ACROSS LEARNING: THROUGH SHARED THROUGH SHARED

NEEDS AND PURPOSESNEEDS AND PURPOSES

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“Hi All, I can see it being difficult to base the content of a storyboard purely on the survey results (as we cannot predict the answers). Perhaps we could provide pupils with various 'case studies' similar to the ones we get as TDAs (e.g. Sarah is 14, she drinks 10 units of cider most weekends, her boyfriend is 16 and drinks 15 units of strong lager..). They would then have to storyboard what they think could happen to her physically in the long and short term (with a frame showing her internal organs), socially and psychologically. They would need to draw on their research work in English and Science classes but I cannot quite see how to incorporate Spanish – (Student P is named here)?

Now where did I leave the chardonnay…”(From Student M, 3rd March ’10)

PARTNERSHIP PLANNING IN PGDE: PROGRESSIONPROGRESSION

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Based on: Shared knowledge and understanding of learning intentions for pupils (as far as possible at the level of the individual pupil) in each relevant lesson across each subject, as opposed to what pupils will do in each subject

A desire to provide breadth and depth to individual pupils’ learning by building on relevant inputs and activities in other subjects.

To share very up-to-date information on individual pupils’ progress through the sequence of lessons (work in progress)