A lesson in participation

摘要

The recent Ofsted report into citizenship teaching has been unfairly presented - with all the emphasis on the failures and not much of the progress which has been made in such a short period of time. The front cover of the report is more balanced. It says: 'Significant progress has been made in implementing national curriculum citizenship in many secondary schools. 'However, there is not yet a strong consensus about the aims of citizenship education, or about how to incorporate it into the curriculum. In one-quarter of schools surveyed, provision is still inadequate, reflecting weak leadership and lack of specialist teaching.'