Curriculum for Excellence: Joined-up Thinking for the ... - WWF UK

Curriculum for Excellence: Joined-up Thinking for the Classroom‘Twilight’ SessionThis assumes that working time available will be 1.5 hours, excluding breaks.Notes on learning points and resources required are included after the outline programmes.Timing Activity Resources Needed15 minutes Introduction None30 minutes What’s in the News? Flipchart paper & pensAssorted headlinesPhoto packs45 minutes Issue Tree Flipchart paper, pens, A4 outline of issue tree15 minutes Evaluation: ‘Head, Heart, Hand and Bin’(optional) Linking Thinking QuizQuiz sheet3. Facilitating the workshopThe role of the facilitator is to support participantsin learning together, staying on task and completingthe workshop activities in the time allotted.Where possible, use a large room with seatingarranged in a circle so that all participants can haveeye contact. Tables can be available around theedges of the room for small group work, althoughworking on the floor is acceptable to most groups.The learning outcomes and agenda for the sessionshould be prominently displayed in the working area,preferably on flipchart rather than electronically, sothat they can be referred to whenever necessary. Atthe end of each activity the group can be asked tocomment on which objectives have been addressed.This will help to ensure that participants stayfocussed on the overall aim rather than the specificqualities of a single activity. Evaluation of individualactivities should be integral to the debriefing at theend of the activity rather than reserved to the endof the session.