At the request of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Department of Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills’ International Education Unit, British Council Wales commissioned Alyas Karmani to undertake research on International School Partnerships in Wales in the last quarter of financial year 2008-2009.
The scope and breadth of the research was necessarily constrained by the limited time available, and we would not claim the research is exhaustive, however it is a useful first step in providing an indication of the state of these links, how they are viewed by schools, the benefits they can bring and barriers to participation.
The executive summary of the report is available below, in Welsh or English.
The International Dimension in Education is increasingly understood to be an important element in school education in Wales and beyond. It is linked to, and underpins the delivery of, Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC), which has been a priority area of the Welsh Assembly Government’s education policy since 2004 and judged by Estyn as a key learning outcome to be assessed in school inspections from September 2010.
In conjunction with DCELLS, Welsh Local Authorities, Estyn, Cambridge Education and the OECD, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and CEWC-Cymru have been working closely with the British Council on measuring the impact of the International Dimension in Education in schools in Wales, primarily through the development and trialling of a self-assessment tool and accompanying guidance material.
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