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Circles, PSHE and Citizenship

Assessing the Value of Circle Time in Secondary School
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The book is a case study of a secondary school that has been using Circle Time as the main PSHE and Citizenship teaching strategy for 5 years. A PSHE and Citizenship programme is developed with each topic supported by 2-3 lesson plans. The book discusses: training and staff support development involvement of other agencies (e.g. School nurse, police) choice of Circle Time as the main pedagogy review, monitoring and evaluation links with the wider school community, policies and practices The CD-rom resource covers: structures, strategies and approaches in the secondary structure underpinning issues around group work primary importance of relationships to learning encouraging inclusion and dealing with special needs dealing with sensitive and controversial issues The book includes lesson plans in a circle format, Circle Time games and interview material from the perspectives of the Circle Time trainer, the PSHE staff, and the students.
Marilyn Tew is Assistant Head Teacher at the George Ward School, Melksham. Tony Mann is a Strategic Change Facilitator, Bradford.
Introduction How to use this book Useful resources for running circles Section one: The Case for Circle Time Section two: The theory behind circle time Section three: Implementing circle time Section four: Examples of circle scripts Section five: Games for circle time Resources and References
'This book is encouraging, easy to read and full of inspirational ideas about how to introduce different topics for discussion. Methods to encourage and develop group dynamics are clearly outlined. For any secondary school considering introducing circle time, this book makes a good case in its favour' - Youth in Mind
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