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Global learning, sustainable development & educational partnerships

The study visit will be based on the Gambian coast, near the capital city of Banjul. It includes opportunities to meet people engaged in sustainable development projects and policy in The Gambia; to visit a variety of communities and sites of interest; and to spend time working alongside Gambian teachers engaged in creative work on sustainable development education. There will be three day workshops in preparation for the visit, and two to follow it up. Course members will have the opportunity to identify their own related themes for detailed investigation.

This course takes a critical approach to global partnership and sustainable development issues, including how schools respond to these.

It raises questions for us as professionals:

about the "everyday complexity" of our increasingly globalised society, and how we understand that;

about how we engage with these issues as learners and teachers;

about the educational and ethical standards involved in partnership working, and in quality work with young people on global and sustainability themes;

about how we support others in thinking these things through.

The course is based on the principle that reflection on our own learning can inform the way we teach. It responds to the DfES framework for sustainable schools and opportunities for work with educational partners all over the world.

The course explores questions about:

	Our own learning – and what this means for how we teach, and how we support others						The Gambia and the UK – place, culture and development
		Sustainable development – development and environment links				Global partnership – what might we mean by "mutual learning"?