Fez2013
How to Maintain Curriculum Currency in a Constantly Changing World?
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmIntegrating traditional literature, social media, online collaborative and content-curating tools allows teachers to meet the challenges of currency and student engagement in examining today’s democracy movements in MENA.
Building Global Citizens - International Service Learning
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmThis International Studies Programme combines character education and service learning in a unique global classroom. West Island College Students travel around the world learning about sustainable development through service learning.
The Rule of Law: Foundation for Democratic Citizenship
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmTeaching students that the rule of law is the foundation for all democratic ideals will ensure an engaged citizenry that values equity, social justice and opportunity for all people.
Understanding Ethiopia: A Pilot Study abroad Project
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmIn 2012, 15 students spent two months on a State Department-funded study abroad project in Ethiopia learning about history, cultures and language. The presentation will describe this experience with educators.
Promoting Democracy Education and Global Awareness through Classroom Simulations
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmLearn how simulations promote democracy education. Participants will role-play countries in a simulation of the UN Democracy Fund, debating how to best promote grassroots democracy initiatives in the Near East.
Linking the World/Teaching Global History as Mystery
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmGlobal history taught as a basic building block promoting tolerance, understanding, & diminishing ethnocentrism, among nations and cultures by presenting original sources and issues as 'mysteries' solved through shared discovery.
Malagasy Perspectives about NonEuropean Immigrants
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmThis study explores the experiential perceptions of a Malagasy immigrant and the challenges he and others, e.g., North Africans, faced as nonEuropean immigrants in French schooling systems.
Folktales using Binary Opposites and Holistic Perspectives to teach Democracy
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmExplore a method of using folktales from around the world to teach democracy by emphasizing binary opposites, holistic perspectives, and focusing on the characters and events of the story
Strengthening Democracy Education through Ethical Reasoning
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmA university curriculum to help students negotiate conflicting ethical concerns in personal, professional, and civiic life is presented, and attendees consider how ethical decision making can strengthen democracy education.
The Possibilities and Limits of Inquiry-Based Curriculum in Civics Classes in Arab High Schools in Israel
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmIn this ethnographic study I examined the perspectives and understandings of civic teachers, policy makers, community members, about the implementation of community-based curriculum in one Arab city in Israel.
