Education for Citizenship

Support for secondary subject teachers

'Education for citizenship is a key part of the responsibility of every teacher and early education practitioner. It is part and parcel of every area of study and of all teaching and learning.'
'Education for Citizenship in Scotland', Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2002

Some subjects have a very clear contribution to make to education for citizenship, but in others the links may be less clear. The Education for Citizenship in Scotland paper, particularly Section 3.4, presents a number of subject links across the curriculum.

Word icon Word file: Teachers' views on how their subjects contribute toward education for citizenship (48 KB)
You can also read our teachers' views file, which gives an overview of a range of secondary subjects and how each can, and often already does, contribute toward education for citizenship.

Each teacher has also completed a version of the 'Studies within Departments' audit questionnaire for their subject. You may find it helpful to see how they filled theirs in.

Please note that the views expressed are those of experienced individual teachers, and the exemplar questionnaires reflect the practices of their own departments. Neither should be taken as a definitive statement of the position of their subject.