scotdec
@scotdec.bsky.social
Gradually moving from X to Bluesky! We're the Scottish Development Education Centre - follow us for resources, events, and ideas to inspire a fairer, sustainable future. www.scotdec.org.uk
We've launched the Remediating Stevenson resources in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We've launched the Remediating Stevenson resources in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
CfE 2nd, 3rd, 4th Levels, including curriculum-linked, classroom-ready materials that take a critical literacy and decolonial approach.
Access the resources on the Scotdec website: lnkd.in/eqV-uxkV
A weekend of inspiring workshops with brilliant young people from Peebles High School at Beyond Borders 🌍
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
August 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A weekend of inspiring workshops with brilliant young people from Peebles High School at Beyond Borders 🌍
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We looked at images of what's happening in the world right now, and dug into root causes, effects and possible solutions using an issue tree - a key Global Citizenship Education Methodology 💡
We're in the Discovery Zone @edbookfest.bsky.social! Showcasing how Global Citizenship Education can transform the way we teach + learn, running our Refuse, Repair, Rethink activity on consumption + waste and sharing a curated literacy resource list linking fiction to global issues 🌍
#EdBookFest
#EdBookFest
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're in the Discovery Zone @edbookfest.bsky.social! Showcasing how Global Citizenship Education can transform the way we teach + learn, running our Refuse, Repair, Rethink activity on consumption + waste and sharing a curated literacy resource list linking fiction to global issues 🌍
#EdBookFest
#EdBookFest
Come along to our drop-in teacher networking event at
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
August 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Come along to our drop-in teacher networking event at
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
The Crannie 5-7pm on Mon 1 Sept - meet orgs like @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social
Dynamic Earth + more!
Discover new resources, class activities and professional learning for the new school year 🙌
bit.ly/scotdec-teac...
Open to teachers with an interest in English, Literacy + Art - join us at 4.30pm at @edinburghuni.bsky.social on 28 Aug!
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
August 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Open to teachers with an interest in English, Literacy + Art - join us at 4.30pm at @edinburghuni.bsky.social on 28 Aug!
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
Meet the teachers + artists behind the project + receive tailored examples connected to your local context.
Refreshments + free copies available for attendees - sign up below👇
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Our updated Pants to Poverty resource pack with smallsforall.org is available to download.
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
May 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our updated Pants to Poverty resource pack with smallsforall.org is available to download.
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...
#edusky
Uncover the latest addition to aadamsbairns.org.uk - a music curriculum element!
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Uncover the latest addition to aadamsbairns.org.uk - a music curriculum element!
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
@rcsofficial.bsky.social
Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍
#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social
Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚
✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level
bit.ly/scotdec-book...
Are you a young leader looking to join a movement for global change through taking action in your community?
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Are you a young leader looking to join a movement for global change through taking action in your community?
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB
How do we talk to pupils about the real impact of climate change? Start with oceans. 🌊
At Scotdec, we help teachers frame global issues like biodiversity loss + climate justice through a Global Citizenship lens - check out our free module for educators in Scotland: scotdec.org.uk/lessons/clim...
At Scotdec, we help teachers frame global issues like biodiversity loss + climate justice through a Global Citizenship lens - check out our free module for educators in Scotland: scotdec.org.uk/lessons/clim...
April 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
How do we talk to pupils about the real impact of climate change? Start with oceans. 🌊
At Scotdec, we help teachers frame global issues like biodiversity loss + climate justice through a Global Citizenship lens - check out our free module for educators in Scotland: scotdec.org.uk/lessons/clim...
At Scotdec, we help teachers frame global issues like biodiversity loss + climate justice through a Global Citizenship lens - check out our free module for educators in Scotland: scotdec.org.uk/lessons/clim...
This new music resource is curriculum-linked and supports learning about Scottish identity and diversity, through compositions + classroom activities.
For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those just passionate about music and justice:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#EduSky
For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those just passionate about music and justice:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#EduSky
April 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This new music resource is curriculum-linked and supports learning about Scottish identity and diversity, through compositions + classroom activities.
For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those just passionate about music and justice:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#EduSky
For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those just passionate about music and justice:
aadamsbairns.org.uk/scottish-ide...
#EduSky
📢 Teaching about Israel-Palestine: One Year On
Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection.
📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT
🔗 bit.ly/scotdec-isra...
#EduSky
Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection.
📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT
🔗 bit.ly/scotdec-isra...
#EduSky
March 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📢 Teaching about Israel-Palestine: One Year On
Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection.
📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT
🔗 bit.ly/scotdec-isra...
#EduSky
Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection.
📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT
🔗 bit.ly/scotdec-isra...
#EduSky
🎶 Exciting news!
We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.
Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴 curriculum.
Join us for the launch 📖🎵
bit.ly/AAB-music-ev...
We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.
Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴 curriculum.
Join us for the launch 📖🎵
bit.ly/AAB-music-ev...
March 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🎶 Exciting news!
We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.
Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴 curriculum.
Join us for the launch 📖🎵
bit.ly/AAB-music-ev...
We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.
Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴 curriculum.
Join us for the launch 📖🎵
bit.ly/AAB-music-ev...
Planning professional learning? All upcoming Scottish Government-funded courses in Global Citizenship Education are listed on the Signposts website 📝👩🏫
📅 Find your next learning opportunity: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl...
#EduSky
📅 Find your next learning opportunity: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl...
#EduSky
February 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Planning professional learning? All upcoming Scottish Government-funded courses in Global Citizenship Education are listed on the Signposts website 📝👩🏫
📅 Find your next learning opportunity: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl...
#EduSky
📅 Find your next learning opportunity: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl...
#EduSky
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
February 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.
17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5
Many young people are passionate about social justice, active in movements like #Fridays4Future #BLM - movements that can be understood + accelerated through a grasp of numbers and data.
Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://buff.ly/3S28yqe
@maths.scot
Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://buff.ly/3S28yqe
@maths.scot
February 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Many young people are passionate about social justice, active in movements like #Fridays4Future #BLM - movements that can be understood + accelerated through a grasp of numbers and data.
Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://buff.ly/3S28yqe
@maths.scot
Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://buff.ly/3S28yqe
@maths.scot
These new primary topic planners were designed by a former teacher for CfE.
Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://buff.ly/3vibHL0
Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://buff.ly/3vibHL0
February 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
These new primary topic planners were designed by a former teacher for CfE.
Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://buff.ly/3vibHL0
Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://buff.ly/3vibHL0
This lesson plan is suitable for ages 8 and up and aligns with SDGs Good Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality.
Encourage open discussions about feelings, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identity in your classroom.
#LGBTHistoryMonth @tie.scot
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/fu...
Encourage open discussions about feelings, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identity in your classroom.
#LGBTHistoryMonth @tie.scot
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/fu...
February 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This lesson plan is suitable for ages 8 and up and aligns with SDGs Good Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality.
Encourage open discussions about feelings, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identity in your classroom.
#LGBTHistoryMonth @tie.scot
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/fu...
Encourage open discussions about feelings, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identity in your classroom.
#LGBTHistoryMonth @tie.scot
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/fu...
A resource focused on climate change and social justice, helping secondary students understand the broader context of environmental issues: wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...
January 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A resource focused on climate change and social justice, helping secondary students understand the broader context of environmental issues: wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...
This collaborative video resource features practical strategies for addressing eco-anxiety in the classroom: scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
January 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This collaborative video resource features practical strategies for addressing eco-anxiety in the classroom: scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...
This guide includes resources for professional learning and development, and a range of practical resources for use in the classroom: bit.ly/signpostsser...
January 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This guide includes resources for professional learning and development, and a range of practical resources for use in the classroom: bit.ly/signpostsser...
The urgency of climate change cannot be overstated. This Climate Change topic planner uses an LfS approach, providing valuable resources to help primary pupils understand the challenges we face and inspire them to take action:
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/to...
#EduSky #GlobalCitizenship
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/to...
#EduSky #GlobalCitizenship
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The urgency of climate change cannot be overstated. This Climate Change topic planner uses an LfS approach, providing valuable resources to help primary pupils understand the challenges we face and inspire them to take action:
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/to...
#EduSky #GlobalCitizenship
🔗 scotdec.org.uk/resources/to...
#EduSky #GlobalCitizenship
✍️ Every source has a perspective.
In this unit from #AAdamsBairns, young people will learn to analyse sources, like John Newton's journal during the Middle Passage (Transatlantic Slave Trade), and identify whether they show bias or present reliable evidence.
🔗 aadamsbairns.org.uk/sources-evid...
In this unit from #AAdamsBairns, young people will learn to analyse sources, like John Newton's journal during the Middle Passage (Transatlantic Slave Trade), and identify whether they show bias or present reliable evidence.
🔗 aadamsbairns.org.uk/sources-evid...
January 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✍️ Every source has a perspective.
In this unit from #AAdamsBairns, young people will learn to analyse sources, like John Newton's journal during the Middle Passage (Transatlantic Slave Trade), and identify whether they show bias or present reliable evidence.
🔗 aadamsbairns.org.uk/sources-evid...
In this unit from #AAdamsBairns, young people will learn to analyse sources, like John Newton's journal during the Middle Passage (Transatlantic Slave Trade), and identify whether they show bias or present reliable evidence.
🔗 aadamsbairns.org.uk/sources-evid...