Teaching Migration Through Data And Storytelling: MIDEQ, SOAS & PositiveNegatives launch ...
22 October 2020
‘Teaching Migration Through Data And Storytelling’ is a free online teacher CPD course launching on 26th October, delievered by Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ), SOAS, PositiveNegatives and Oaklands School. It is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).
There have been urgent recent calls for curricula to address issues of race and migration. Yet 78% of British teachers asked by the Runnymede Trust said they needed more support “to equip them to teach migration more sensitively and effectively.” On this course, teachers can develop their skills to explain where and why migration happens, learn how to interpret big data sets, examine migration research through video and learning activities, and explore creative methods of storytelling, visual arts, and design to humanise migrant stories through the arts and empathic learning.
From the creators of the award-winning Maths of Migration learning resources and teacher CPD, the course brings together teachers from around the world with researchers and creative practitioners from MIDEQ, the UK’s largest academic research project on migration.
The course aims are:
- Developing teachers’ capacities and skills to access big data sets and contemporary research by providing the guidance, tools, and experience through video and learning activities delivered online
- Sharing and shaping understanding of the role of creative methods of storytelling, visual arts, and design to humanise migrant stories through creative and empathic learning
- Exploring the combined importance of both data-led evidence and arts to tackle global challenges such as migration, inequality, and development
- Equipping learners with skills in critical thinking, data, independent investigation, and understanding reliability of sources
Who is the course for?
This course is particularly designed for maths and geography teachers who want to know how to teach migration using data and storytelling. However, it would also appeal to anyone learning from home interested in these issues, or educators and learners interested in critical thinking, data skills, independent investigation, and understanding the reliability of sources.
About the course:
By the end of the course, teachers will be able to...
- Investigate why migration happens
- Explain where migration happens
- Explore ways of introducing large data on migration to learners
- Explore how using infographics will support learners to critically engage with data
- Explore how you can support students to access a large data set
This course is led and designed by educators and researchers at PositiveNegatives.
Dr J Simon Rofe, Global Diplomacy Programme Director and Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies at SOAS said:
“Working with PositiveNegatives, under Ben Dix SOAS alumni, on such a vital issue as migration, through storytelling and data, has been a thrill, and to share that with learners globally is Testament to SOAS’s influence, long after our students graduate.”
Register now for the course launch on 26th October.
For more information please see Teaching Migration Through Data And Storytelling .