Pedagogy & practice
The Citizenship Foundation encourages an approach to teaching and learning that is rigorous and critical.
We promote forms of citizenship education that are grounded in sound factual information and present intellectual challenge, while remaining accessible to learners of a wide range of abilities and interests.
Citizenship teaching: the legal context
An overview of legislation relevant to the teaching of citizenship in the classroom and to related off-site activities.
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Controversial issues
Source materials and advice for teaching and learning about topical controversial issues.
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Law-related education
No amount of legal or civic knowledge is of much use if it is not used with a sense of social responsibility and moral awareness. This article explains our approach to law-related education, which builds on the experiences and needs of the learners themselves.
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Political literacy
A series of stimuli from the range of resources published by the Citizenship Foundation, demonstrating how stories can engage both the intellect and the emotion (empathy) in pursuit of social, moral and political understanding.
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