A World of Wellbeing is a new and engaging package for the Junior Cycle CSPE Short Course with the most up-to-date material on current social and political issues.
Student Textbook
- Visually appealing, vibrant design laid out in a clear, student-friendly format with full-colour photos, illustrations and graphs
- Each chapter is introduced with Learning Intentions, Key Skills and Key Words
- Covers the three strands central to the CSPE Short Course:
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Global Citizenship
- Exploring Democracy
- Contains a wide range of activities and exercises that stimulate creativity, critical thinking, working with others and active learning while also developing literacy and numeracy skills
- A variety of activities in every chapter support learning and self-assessment
- Includes up-to-date case studies
- Provides an in-depth suggestions for the Citizenship Action Record and a completed sample project at the end of each strand, supported by a 'Steps to Action' animation with useful advice for students on how to carry out their Action Record
- Relevant CSPE Key Skills and Wellbeing Indicators are highlighted throughout
Student Reflective Journal
- Enables students to keep a record of their work
- Suitable for assessment and revision with completed samples of Action Records
Teacher’s Resource Book and Posters
A World of Wellbeing Teacher's Resource Book provides all the support you need for teaching CSPE and contains:
- An overview of the CSPE Short Course with aims, timeframes and a guide to assessment
- Templates for methodologies
- A wide variety of teaching resources and suggestions for how to plan each strand
- Two completed examples of Action Records for each strand
- List of weblinks to support teaching and for further study
Digital Resources
Teachers can access the A World of Wellbeing interactive e-book at www.edcolearning.ie/code, plus a bank of free digital resources, including:
- Engaging animations that outline and explain Well being Indicators and Key Skills, as well as providing practical advice for the Action Record
- PowerPoint presentations on key concepts and skills, plus an explanation of the Action Record assessment criteria
- Videos covering a wide range of interesting topics to enhance student engagement
- A comprehensive list of weblinks for each strand
- Editable scheme of work to aid teacher planning
FREE e-book
- Students and teachers can download their free A World of Wellbeing e-book by visiting www.edcolearning.ie/code and entering the code from inside the front cover of the textbook.
