I think a lot will hinge on the quality of the support materials which go with these clips. While I think that most schools will be able to use these materials creatively, I have some concern that inexperienced teachers [or teachers hard pressed for time] might end up reinforcing, rather than challenging, negative or paternalistic stereotypes of children in The South, [including 'charitable' stereotypes] if there is not sufficient space to explore children's commonalities with the children in the clips. I am sure that this is not the intention, but the clip for Ghana KS2 could play into stereotypes, for example, that all Ghanaian or indeed African children are poor, walk to school without shoes, beg for food etc ... this clip would need some support and background for children to be able to contextualise effectively.

not sure where you gathered my contact details from? happy to discuss using your products in youth work settings - quite a different range of learning opportunities to schools Ian Richards 07776 497052 for information on our project look at www.e2elincs.org.uk regards Ian

A written transcript would be useful to go alongside the recordings. Photos or pictures would also be a good visual aid to support the recordings.

Good resources, could be used alot. I find that video is also very powerful and if not available even still pictures would help the children visualise what they are hearing whether it be from the person they are hearing or just images from their environment.

Our school is the poor type and cannot afford to pay for the hard copies and wish if you will consider and post us one hard copy. Thank you ABU Teacher-Bedomase Meth Sch-Ghana

I think a resource bank of audio materials would be a great resource for schools to use. May need a transcript as sometimes speech can be tricky to follow. Themes such as attitudes to old and young people,gender, faith, disabilities,rich/poor,identity and belonging would be useful for UK schools to explore community cohesion issues in a global context.

I want to get more information .and can learning from the SoundAffects.

I look forward to using any future outputs from you. We are a DEC that goes into schools (mainly primary) to help and advise teachers. We already recommend that teachers use SoundAffects material and know that it has been used in our schools (as well as by ourselves)

water usage and sharing recycling suitable crops for a region

Fair Trade please

We run a Fair Trade shop, so anything FT would be good. We also do recycling and try to promote sustainability, so those topics are important. Disability issues and access to education too.

We have materials in all these areas but up to date is essential.

Resources that address issues such as Islamaphobia at primary level would be most valuable. Linking with a school in Pakistan highlights how Muslims/Pakistanis are perceived and portrayed particularly in the media and this needs addressing.

Women's rights The effects of conflict Urban drift - loss of village traditions, languages etc. Celebrations - connections between different celebrations across the globe

All of the above

All of the topics you have mentioned would benefit by having audio material within the topics.

fair trade ,environmental sustainability yes audi material for special learners is probably the hardest way to understand because evrything needs to be more visual

Audio material on what children have in common would be great ... particulalrly their hopes and fears for the future

We try and cover all areas of Global Citizenship so would be interested in materials to support all areas.

We are a KS1 primary school and w already have discussions and lessons on topics such as climatic change, recycling and looking after our world. We have outside agencies in to perform music and dance from other cultures and children are made aware of the world around them. It would be interesting and useful if some of your resources could be made available for this age group too.

As a State School teacher and therefore being unable to obtain teaching aids such as of Sound Affects, I wonder whether you would ever consider co-operation with some EU Educational organizations via which such material could be available for state pupils?

I welcome all new materials but the difficulty level should be carefully thought out. Which age group, for example?

With respect to the philosophy club you should also look at the Theory of Knowledge programme in the IB Diploma Programme. Teachers are often looking for good resources and there could be a market here...

Human Rights Child Soldiers / Conflict Diamonds Fair Trade

Gender issues, globalization

All of the above Human Rights, Fair Trade and Environmental sustainability. I have enquired about starting a fair trade school companies but there are no suppliers in Romania at the moment.

Human Rights Envirnmental Sustainability Population Control

Soundaffects sounds so creative and educative.I strongly believe that affter a couple of descussion my class will achieve more experience than ever.I also guess that they will become more creative. We had this topic that we had wanted to descuss in our next descussion lesson.The topic is CHILD RIGHT VIOLATION.Can we have it as an audio material?The impact of it on the child and the society. Thanks Everline.

Definitely the 3 mentioned in the question. Also, migration, urbanisation, globalisation eg working conditions, agriculture etc

We have introduced a 'Current Events' element to the secondary timetable. We actively work (visits) with students in India and Morocco - soon Uganda also. Topics of interest: Daily life (school and home, work, sustainable development, views on current issues (climate change etc.)

Fairtrade is always popular with teachers as is sustainability and childrens rights.

These would be good resources and helpful to teachers, especially with the teaching notes you have said will be prepared. Topics could include Climate change Human rights Third culture kids culture shock tolerance

Environmental sustainability and human rights

About environment, about sex and HIV/AIDS education, about alcohol and drugs abuse

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We would find it useful to have materials on other topics that carry accross the 8 dimensions of global education therefore the onese mentioned abouve would be good

Human Rights

At the moment we are writing our vision for the future of the school as we have a new head and internationalism, (which has not been to the fore since the international teacher took on other duties) is going to be relaunched.I imagine all the topics mentioned above will be included. Maybe the education of girls could be included.

I feel that audio and visual stimuli could be very useful to engage children and parents in learning and teaching of global issues of all sorts. I think this approach makes distant parts of the world and the issues affecting the people there seem more real to our children. I have only recently set up our link with The Gambia but already we have letters from the school which has made our children (an inner city school in Sheffield) 'sit up' and realise the children in The Gambia are real and do live without the comforts of the western world. I have children come to me every day asking me questions or telling me what they have written in their letter to The Gambia. I am eagerly looking forward to the responce to our letters which will be posted tomorrow.

Any aspects linked to Geography, so all of the above!

Human rights is a big component of our curriculum as are climate change and environmental sustainability

All of these

Fair Trade, Carbon Footprint, Sustainability

Already cover human rights in Citizenship using Boardworks powerpoints and Amnesty International DVD resources - different resources would be useful particularly if they are already differentiated for high, middle, and low ability groups. Would like resources on 'forced migrants' and immigration possibly combined with modern day slavery. Lesson tend to be taught as a block of 7-8 lesson in a half term need clear assessment tasks where new learning can be clearly demonstrated and graded

This looks super - thanks for your hardwork.

Human rights, environmental sustainability, education, family/social issues, would all be nice to have. The audio should be accompanied by a script of the audio portion as well.

Fair trade tends to be widely covered on a lot of other sites. Sustainability and human rights are difficult to find ks1/2 resources for that really capture the interest of children.

Audio clips from farmers etc involved in Fair Trade would be good also Human Rights - Speeches, discussions on life changing experiences

We often send groups to the model united nations and certain material could be very useful. Also free trade vs fair trade material from around the world would be interesting.

I would give first preference to environment sustainability audio materials. More questions are welcomed to make sound affects survey a succcess

Information on Envoronmental Sustainability would be useful.

Fair Trade Environmental sustainability video clips would be useful so that they could see the children speaking

We would be interested in fair trade information.

HIV AIDS,EARLY PREGNANCY

human rights especially,and environmental issues,world peace

Pupils with learning needs find it difficult to focus on just the voice and would definitely a wider sensory approach to go with the sound bytes. Please do contact us if you would like more information about the children that we work with. thank you

Effects of consumerism on the lives of people in other countries.

I think that the audio material will be a fantastic resource to use in class.

PLEASE HELP MY SCHOOL TO GET THE LINK. SO THAT THE PUPILS IN THE VILLAGE WILL GET ACCESS TO INFORMATION... THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE...

May need transcript of audio clip to refer to in some intances.

I am particularly interested in audio material on topics which promote discussion/debate e.g. the one where the Sri-Lankan children are talking about what they think family life is like in the UK. If you were to produce material in the Middle East, then children's thoughs about conflict would be very useful- anything that gives way to honest open discussion, which results in better understanding would be beneficial. Thank you

Human Rights - particulary about children who need to work to supplement their family's income Fair Trade Children's Health with regards to what they eat.

Human Rights Conflict

Cultural identity + all of the above