Taking it further

Long jump at the Haiyang Sports Day

If you enjoyed Chinese School, and wish to know more about the themes covered in the series, you might be interested in the following ways of taking it further.

Weblinks

Find out how you can twin your school with a school in China at BBC World Class

UNESCO Education For All
The Dakar Framework
Education For All Fast Track

Courses

There are many Open University courses which may prove of interest to you:

An introduction to the Social Sciences

The social sciences are about people, how they act individually and how they act collectively. This course tackles everyday issues in an approachable and accessible way, so that you can build on what you already know and draw on your own experience. DD100 will help you understand some of the big issues in the contemporary world, such as changes in family, work and identity; risk and the environment; and the impact of globalisation.

Our changing environment

This interfaculty course provides an integrated approach by exploring the scientific, technological, political and social backgrounds to the various relationships, processes and activities through which humans and non-humans are linked together. Combining detailed treatments of particular subjects with connecting themes that are developed throughout, the course offers a range of resources to help you to understand environmental issues, and to debate and act with regard to therm.

Childhood

What does childhood mean in today’s world? Do popular images of children as innocent and dependent match the reality of young people’s lives at home, in school and in work? In what ways is childhood affected by poverty, ill-health and adversity? Do children have different rights from adults, and if so why? How are modern lifestyles and technologies altering their play and their identities? What are children's own roles in shaping their childhood? These are some of the questions considered in this interdisciplinary introduction to childhood and youth studies, covering the ages from birth to 18 and including audio-visual case studies in three contrasting parts of the world.

International Development

International development in its many manifestations presents the world with some of its most pressing challenges. This course introduces the main issues associated with meeting those challenges and, in so doing, looks critically at ideas about inequality at local and global levels and the relationship between the levels. The first part introduces the main issues, placing them in their historical context. The second part examines three themes: Transitions (offering a choice between sustainability and displacement); Poverty and Inequality; and Technology and Knowledge.

Teaching English to speakers of other languages worldwide

This masters in education course is designed primarily for teachers of English as a second (ESL) or foreign language (EFL). It will also be of interest to literacy, communication and subject teachers and workplace trainers whose students include second-language learners. The course takes a global perspective, examining a wide range of regional contexts in which English language teaching and learning takes place.