Anti-racist Education

The Scottish Government’s Anti-Racist Breaking the Mould Principles have been designed to help educators and school leaders understand what an anti-racist curriculum can mean and how to co-create sessions to explore anti-racism.

In 2024, through a short residency with a Dundee City Council school, Children’s Parliament supported the Scottish Government to explore children’s views and develop a child-friendly representation of the Breaking the Mould principles.

Member of Children's Parliament stands in front of their artwork. Anti racism education (Children's Parliament 2024)

Anti-Racist Education:
Children’s Calls For Action 

Children have developed a set of clear and actionable Calls for Action that outline what they believe adults and decision-makers must do. 

Graphic of hands crossing in a team dynamic with text reading, "Fighting racism defending rights"
  • Let us help design our learning so it’s fun and fair, and teach us about our rights.
  • Help us identify racism and how it hurts people.
  • Help us understand power and privilege so we can make things fair for everyone.
  • Teach us how to stand up to racism and help others.
  • Make sure we learn about different cultures, languages, and stories.
  • Tell us the real history of Scotland, including its role in slavery and racism.
  • We want to learn, speak up, and help make the world a kinder, fairer place! 

The Children’s Calls For Action and Adapted Anti-Racist Curriculum Principles for Primary Settings can be downloaded here.

To access a document of the resources developed with and for children, click the button.

Our report of the work and findings can be accessed via the link.

Our Project Lead, Marion Geoffray, wrote about the investigation’s process and outputs. You can read Marion’s words in our News section.

Date: 2024
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