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Responding to a summer of riots: Principles for teaching about sensitive issues in the history classroom

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And critically, utilizing their expert knowledge to help their pupils to recognise the line between debating controversial topics and engaging in racist or bullying or even illegal behaviours. This means being familiar with their school’s policies around racism and bullying. London, L., & Haydn, T.

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Nurturing Global Citizenship Through ‘British Values’ (Book Release: Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges)

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Increasing the self-knowledge, esteem and confidence of our young people builds resilience and skill in tackling controversial topics and issues, as detailed earlier by Chowdhury.* They are fundamentally values of human rights that are shared amongst vast numbers of the world’s population. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.