Change Makers Speak Out challenge – still time to get involved
We are inviting young people to use their creativity to design an ideal day of learning. Please join us and submit artwork and responses by the 1st of March 2023. There is still time to get involved!
To support this challenge we have made a free resource to support educators in encouraging young people to get involved in shaping the future of education. Young people’s voices matter and they must be heard on the issues that impact their lives, their communities and their world.
This resource encourages discussion on many topics. Asking young people education is, what makes it fair, accessible, fun, and useful, asking questions on a global scale, will generate exciting discussions to open up the possibilities for the future.
Our last edition of Engage focused on this question: “Globally are our current education systems and curricula best suited for life in tomorrow’s world?”. Education must transform in order to overcome the barriers to education that we are facing worldwide. The resource points to a range of current discussions about how education can change.
All of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals hinge on education to drive their success. Education is at the heart of tackling climate change, poverty, gender equality, equity and inclusion. Our resource offers an introduction to the SDGs, a simple way to introduce these to your students, and why we believe SDG4 is so important.
Equity in education is providing the right support for each person, taking into account their needs and circumstances. This depends on fairness, that personal circumstances should not interfere with a person’s potential for achievement. It also depends on inclusion, a standard that applies to everyone in an educational system. Fairness and inclusion are both needed for an education system to work.
We have several resources that will help you explore issues that affect equity in education, now and in the future.
- SSF Human Rights resource: The world I want to live in - This resource serves as a mini-guide to classroom activities which seek to promote human rights education for children and young people in the classroom and to provide a platform for their voices on this issue. Human rights education is one contribution towards a broader human rights project of achieving greater justice and peace in the world.
- SSF Climate Change resource: 5 ways to make my world better - The fight against climate change begins in the classroom. The effects of climate change is having a growing effect on large numbers of people and their ability to access education. This resource can help you to start discussions in school about climate change and how we can all have a positive impact.
- SSF Inclusive Learning Environments resource - A curated collection of webinars and resources that are designed to enable a safe and inclusive learning environment for young people. To offer equity in education, the learning environment needs to address issues arising from safety, health and wellness, socioeconomic standing, race, gender, and disability.
You can find all our free resources here: https://www.stevesinnottfoundation.org.uk/resources
If you want some inspiration on what young people made in our previous creative challenge on understanding human rights, have a look here.
We also have a free resource to help and inspire you with some creative ideas.
After the success of the human rights competition last year we are looking forward to the creative responses from young people to this years creative challenge.
