Education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools

6.3 The learning process 36
6.4 Teacher assessment of learning 39
6.5 Framework of learning outcomes 39
6.6 Aim and purpose 40
6.7 The strands 40
6.8 Essential elements 41
6.9 Overview of essential elements 42
6.10 Learning outcomes by key stages 46
6.11 Key Stage 1 46
6.12 Key Stage 2 47
6.13 Key Stage 3 49
6.14 Key Stage 4 50
7 Suggestions as to how part of the statutory curriculum might
be fulfilled in combination with other subjects 52
8 How Citizenship learning can contribute to development of Key Skills 54
9 Whole-school issues 55
10 Guidance on the teaching of controversial issues 56
11 A last word 61
Appendix A
Letter from the chairman to the ‘Passport Project’ on the relationship of
Personal and Social Education to Citizenship Education 62
Appendix B
New information and communication technologies and Education
for Citizenship 67
Appendix C
The consultation process 72
Appendix D
Acknowledgements 80