Dundee Peer Educators Share their Project at Scottish Learning Festival

Yesterday I attended the Scottish Learning Festival 2012 in Glasgow. This annual event aims to inspire and transform learning and teaching to help improve the life chances of all young people.

I was delighted to find that one of the innovative developments in our city; Peer Education Project: Health Buddies in Schools was one of the seminars in the programme. This involved Teaching and Community Learning staff along with six of the peer educators, pupils from Braeview Academy and Morgan Academy. This was I think the only seminar that day that involved pupils being an integral part of the presentation. 

Amy Burnett from Braeview Academy presenting

Our Council staff from Schools and The Corner gave an informative overview of why and how the project came about. Then six of our senior pupils, three each from Braeview and Morgan offered insights into their experience of undertaking their training and then delivering a health education message to young people lower down in their schools. 

The six pupils were excellent ambassadors for the city and our secondary schools exhibiting in their presentations an abundance the four capacities enshrined in the curriculum for excellence:
"to be: 

• a successful learner, 
• a confident individual, 
• a responsible citizen and 
• an effective contributor."