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Cities and Citizenship
Tide (Teachers in Development Education) recently held a conference on Cities and Citizenship.
The conference was billed as:-
Cities and Citizenship - Supporting investigation at KS 3 & 4.
"This is the century of cities...and the challenge therefore facing us in this century is how to make cities a better place for the majority of people" (Anna Tibaijuka, Director of UN Habitat).
The conference was an opportunity to:
- Discuss key ideas and approaches.
- Find out more about current strategies to support citizenship and development in Colombia, Kenya and Pakistan.
- Explore practical frameworks and activities for using Cities to investigate issues of identity, participation and sustainability at KS3 & 4.
- Offier advice to Tide about future plans and opportunities.
- Visit the new Resource Centre.
Report from the Conference
20 delegates, including PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate in Education) students, teachers, LEA Advisers and representatives from the DfES met Rob Burden (author of Cities and Citizenship) who lead a workshop about a new resource, Cities and Citizenship.
| 'In 2007, 50% of the world's population will live in cities. This resource takes case-studies of different aspects of city life from Bogota in Columbia, Nairobi in Kenya, and Karachi in Pakistan to get students to think about citizenship issues such as democracy, participation, identity, and equality, in an active way.' |
For more information, please visit Tide's website www.tidec.org