Andrew Threadgould with his Economics class
Of course, politics at Dulwich is not just of interest to pupils. Andrew Threadgould , Staff Tutor, researched the impact of teaching upon his class’s political opinions. He explains what he did, and what he discovered Teachers as researchers: global citizenship at Dulwich
H ow can ‘human stories’ influence the global awareness and empathy of pupils? The question I was asking seemed simple enough. During Michaelmas, over twenty Year 13 boys at Dulwich took part in an Action Research project that sought to explore the impact of enriching their A2 Macroeconomics course with the study of attitudes to migration and migrants. Action Research is a methodology which can be used in education to explore the impact of teaching and learning on pupils, and one of the largest organised research communities exists through the global work of the International Boys’ School Coalition (IBSC). The IBSC sets an annual theme for its research activity and for 2015-16 this was ‘Boys as Global Citizens’. The research I
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