Teaching Migration Through Data and Storytelling

Posted 4 years ago by SOAS University of London

Study Method : Online
Duration : 3 weeks
Subject : Politics & the Modern World
Overview
Explore how migration can be taught using both visual storytelling and big data sets.
Course Description

Help learners understand where, why, and how migration happens

There have been urgent recent calls for curricula to address issues of migration. Yet 78% of British teachers asked by the Runnymede Trust said they needed more support “to equip them to teach migration more sensitively and effectively.”

On this course, teachers can develop their skills to explain where and why migration happens. You’ll learn how to interpret big data sets, examining migration research through video and learning activities.

You’ll also explore creative methods of storytelling, visual arts, and design to humanise migration stories through arts and empathic learning.

This course is designed for teachers educators who want to know how to teach migration using data and storytelling. It would also appeal to anyone learning from home interested in these issues, or educators and learners interested in critical thinking, data skills, independent investigation, and understanding the reliability of sources.

The resources were designed to be taught with students having access to computers for data analysis of a large data set, but some teachers have adapted the resources to use print outs of subsets of the data.

Please note, this is an unmoderated course. It was created at the beginning of Covid-19 and may only be occasionally updated.

To take part in this course you will need to know how to use google sheets, or to feel confident to download a google sheet and use excel.

Requirements

This course is designed for teachers educators who want to know how to teach migration using data and storytelling. It would also appeal to anyone learning from home interested in these issues, or educators and learners interested in critical thinking, data skills, independent investigation, and understanding the reliability of sources.

The resources were designed to be taught with students having access to computers for data analysis of a large data set, but some teachers have adapted the resources to use print outs of subsets of the data.

Please note, this is an unmoderated course. It was created at the beginning of Covid-19 and may only be occasionally updated.

Career Path
  • Investigate why migration happens
  • Explain where migration happens
  • Explore ways of introducing large data on migration to learners
  • Explore how using infographics will support learners to critically engage with data
  • Explore how you can support students to access a large data set