AfricanBrains presents “Innovation Africa 2015”
AfricanBrains presents “Innovation Africa 2015” 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2015, Kampala, Uganda Developing African Skills for the 21st Century Africa’s leading high level summit for education and innovation returns for its fifth year in 2015 and will take place in Kampala, under the patronage of the Government of Uganda, hosted by Hon Jessica Alupo, Minister […]
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The 14th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues of the United Nations (April 20 – May 1, 2015) in New York, brought together indigenous leaders around a table of intergenerational dialogue to exchange views and proposals regarding the priorities and the participation of indigenous people in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, highlighting challenges and […]
Global Playwriting Contest 2015 on Confronting Climate Change and Defying Disasters
Philippine Center of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) GLOBAL PLAYWRITING CONTEST 2015 Everyone is eligible to join the “Global Playwriting Contest 2015 on Confronting Climate Change and Defying Disasters”. Each entry must focus on the theme of climate change as described in these rules. We cannot solve the crisis of human survival unless we […]
Thinking the twenty-first century: Ideas for the new political economy (Book Review)
Book Review from Sue L. T. McGregor PhD Professor Emerita (MSVU) McGregor Consulting Group www.consultmcgregor.com sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca I was drawn to the title of this book – thinking the 21st century and smiled when I read that he was inspired by Tony Judt and Timothy Snyder’s (2013) book titled Thinking the Twentieth Century. Per […]
EARTH DAY 2015
EARTH DAY 2015 For the 45th year celebration of Earth Day, the Earthsavers has organized a convergence of performance and media arts for a broadcast mass outreach of a climate change education paradigm in line with the Earth Day objectives to underscore the value of a grassroots call to action to rally world […]
VII Cumbre de las Américas. VII Summit of the Americas. Panama 2015
Los países de Canadá, Chile, Costa Rica, Estados Unidos, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú y República Dominicana, emiten la siguiente declaración sobre la importancia de la facilitación del comercio y la entrada en vigor del Acuerdo Sobre la Facilitación del Comercio de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) para aumentar la prosperidad y equidad […]
World Education Forum 2015
World Education Forum 2015 19-22 May 2015, Incheon, Republic of Korea Equitable and inclusive quality education and lifelong learning for all by 2030 Transforming lives through education Resource: http://en.unesco.org/world-education-forum-2015/ The World Education Forum 2015 will provide a unique platform for global leaders in education, ministers, policy-makers and representatives of civil society, teachers, experts and the private […]
Education for All 2000-2015: Only a Third of Countries Reached Global Education Goals
Just one third of countries have achieved all of the measurable Education for All (EFA) goals set in 2000. Only half of all countries have achieved the most watched goal of universal primary enrolment. An extra $22 billion a year is needed on top of already ambitious government contributions in order to ensure we achieve […]
A TRANSDISCIPLINARY DIDACTIC APPROACH ON WATER
Mirela Mureșan Institutional Filiation Moise Nicoara College, Arad, Romania E-mail: mirela_muresan@hotmail.com . ABSTRACT This article describes a transdisciplinary didactic project which took place in Romania concerning a different approach on learning and understanding the complex topic of “water”. The target group was the high-school students (age 14-18) from the “Moise Nicoara” National College, from Arad. The […]
Global Education Magazine: World Water Day
Download here Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not. Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General . Letters from the Future for […]
