Scotdec

Scottish Development Education Centre, part of @IDEAScotland.
Working with teachers to bring active Global Citizenship Education into schools.

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Big news! We are transitioning over from X to Bluesky 🦋

Follow us there to stay connected with our work, resources, and events. Our X updates will completely pause by summer 2025, so don’t miss out: https://t.co/F8e1Ct9SRM

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We're at @edbookfest! ���

Showcasing how Global Citizenship Education can transform the way we teach + learn, running our Refuse, Repair, Rethink activity on consumption + waste and sharing a curated literacy resource list linking fiction to global issues 🌍

#EdBookFest

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📚 We’re heading to the Edinburgh International Book Festival!

On 20 + 21 August, come find us in the Discovery Zone where we’ll be running a session and sharing tailored English & Literacy resources for teachers🌍✏️

👉 Will we see you there?

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Full 2025 Book Festival Programme Revealed!

This year’s buzzing Book Festival features over 600 events from 9-24 August, as we return to the wonderful Edinburgh Futures Institute. You can look forward to appearances from almost 700 authors from over 35 countries....

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Come along to our drop-in teacher networking event at @TheCrannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbktrust, Climate Fresk, @edbookfest, @ourdynamicearth and more!

Discover new resources, class activities and PL for the new school year 🙌

https://t.co/yvaC40kliL

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Our free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.

17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://t.co/e3iUnrVl5A

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🌍 78% of primary pupils are worried about climate change, and teens say it's affecting their mental health. Ahead of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, explore our Climate Justice Toolkit + video resource to tackle eco-anxiety.

🔗 https://t.co/2iylBU13aM
🔗 https://t.co/AtYczlsciD

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In our May newsletter, we’re sharing brand new anti-racist education resources for 1st Level, a new music section for A’ Adam’s Bairns, and tools to support young people facing climate anxiety ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.

#EduTwitter

https://t.co/rkK2vqNHgd

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Looking for ways to confidently teach about conflict, peace, and controversial issues in your secondary setting?

Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:

https://t.co/iHq1pa3HhF

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Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝

This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍

#scotlandloveslanguages @scottishscilt @saltlangs

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Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbktrust 📚

✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level

https://t.co/qEkZLUxJis

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Uncover the latest addition to https://t.co/IcC7AGZTjs - a music curriculum element!

Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:

https://t.co/5oafuGWtNC

@rcstweets

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Could you use our Global Goals Passport in your classroom or school?

Global Goals Champions can be run as a school or year group initiative󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to inspire young people to find out more about the SDGs.

Download for free: https://t.co/GMVrrM9jN6

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This new music resource is curriculum-linked and supports learning about Scottish identity + diversity, through compositions + classroom activities.

For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those passionate about music learning:

https://t.co/iABLBfnIkO

#ScotEdChat

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Looking forward to contributing to an important webinar next Monday hosted by @IntDevAlliance on the theme of #GlobalCitizenshipEducation " A key to transforming our work and impact".

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📢 Teaching about Israel-Palestine: One Year On

Teachers across Scotland - join this free session with Dr Jehan Al-Azzawi on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches and space for reflection.

🔗 https://t.co/N0XNyv32di

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🎶 Exciting news!

We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.

Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 curriculum.

Join us: https://t.co/lFEVcaBBfw

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🌍💧 World Water Day (March 22) is a great time to explore our Water topic planner for primary age pupils, where students learn about water scarcity and pollution locally and globally. 💦 #WorldWaterDay #edutwitter

Download the PDF 🔗 https://t.co/3glADgLc1y

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🗺️🔍 Seeking meaningful connections between local and global issues?

Our free resources help young people explore the interdependencies of our world, encouraging them to become informed, responsible and compassionate global citizens.

https://t.co/rRVbytwZCh

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We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!

Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.

17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://t.co/e3iUnrVl5A

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Many young people are passionate about social justice, active in movements like #Fridays4Future #BLM - movements that can be understood + accelerated through a grasp of numbers and data.

Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://t.co/QlZ3eEP1D4

@scottishmaths

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These new primary topic planners were designed by a former teacher for CfE.

Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://t.co/2LEeC1IYCd