Jenny Wales – författare

Citizenship Today continues to offer all the knowledge students require to do well and will now focus on the exam, combining advice and practice questions to ensure success.

Exam Board: EdexcelLevel & Subject: GCSE 9-1 Citizenship StudiesNext exams: June 2026 Endorsed by Edexcel and approved by the Association for Citizenship Teaching to receive their Quality Mark. Citizenship Today continues to offer all the knowledge students require to do well and has been fully updated to reflect the DfE’s new content requirements for GCSE Citizenship Studies, including the UK’s departure from the European Union.This revised fourth edition of the bestselling title builds on the strengths of the first three editions, and includes up-to-date data. It combines clear coverage of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Citizenship specification with an engaging, student-focused approach. It is designed to help students become an active and engaged citizens, with thought-provoking case studies included throughout.The Student’s Book helps to: develop the skills and understanding required for the 2023 onwards Edexcel (9-1) specificationengage with contemporary topics, issues and researchbuilds confidence for the new assessment, with practice questions and annotated student answers at the end of each chapter.The Citizenship Today Student’s Book is accompanied by a Teacher’s File that provides detailed lesson plans, worksheets and assessment-preparation resources to support non-specialist teachers.

Using economic theory to analyze real events and problems and to evaluate different solutions, this book stresses the importance of value judgements and demonstrates how one person's success can be another's disaster. Newspaper cuttings have been used an an integral part of the text to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to these issues and problems. The topics covered include health, education, transport, income distribution, innner cities, regional policy, housing and the environment.

The Citizenship curriculum aims to help young people to participate more fully in society through the development of a range of relevant skills and knowledge. This book shows how a variety of teaching strategies can be used to teach citizenship skills across a range of curriculum subjects as well as in Citizenship lessons themselves. Topics covered include:developing discussionthinking through debateaddressing controversial issuesinvestigating citizenshiplearning through role play working in groupslearning with simulationsparticipation.A lively and practical book which will be invaluable to student teachers and their trainers, Citizenship co-ordinators in schools and advisors across the country. It combines issues of pedagogy with real classroom experiences and demonstrates just how students learn from different teaching strategies.