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The Judging panel found the task very difficult again this year with so many excellent entries from all across Scotland.

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 Entries Closed

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Schools are currently making their entries for the EthCo Challenge 2011. The quality of entry so far is very good and schools who are considering an e...

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 The response to the offer of free CPD on EthCo and interdisciplinary working

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  The BEd students were engaged in a module on enterprise in education and EthCo was asked to present the principles behind the Tasks.

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Globalization and Health

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Global Issues: Causes of Poverty

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World Poverty: A look at causes and solutions

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Millennium Promise: Extreme Poverty Ends Here

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Christian Aid

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Poverty.com

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Wikipedia: Maternal Health

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World Health Organisation: Child Health

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Children in Crisis

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BBC News: Africa Lagging on Child Deaths

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WaterAid

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Wikipedia: AIDS

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AVERT: AIDS and HIV Asia and Europe

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AVERT: AIDS and HIV Africa

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IICD: ICTs in Developing Countries

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Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: ICT in Developing Countries

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Videos on History of ICT

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Wikipedia: The Information Age

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Office for National Statistics: The Digital Age

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BBC News: Building the Digital Age

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Wikipedia: Reproductive Health

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World Health Organisation: Reproductive Health

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Reproductive Health Journal

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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: Dying for Life

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Equality Act 2010

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Women's Aid

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Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Scottish Government: Equality

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Lead Scotland - Linking Education and Disability

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Education Worldwide - Free or Fee

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UNESCO: Education Worldwide

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eLearning for Kids

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Education World Wide Online

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Because I am a Girl

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World Energy Needs and Nuclear Power

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World Energy Research

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Wikipedia: Energy Development

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The Global Education Project: World Energy Supply

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World Health Organisation: Disease Outbreaks

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Third World Traveler: Diseases

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Top Deadly Diseases of the Developing World

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Mosquito World

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Women and Children First (UK)

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AMREF

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AVERTing HIV and AIDS

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Health Scotland

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Institute of Science in Society: Sustainable Agriculture

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Mary's Meals

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Compassion in World Farming: Factory Farming

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BBC News: Can the Planet Feed Us?

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BBC Hot Topics: Climate Change

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ABC Learning Time

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BBC Weather: Climate Change

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Wikipedia: Climate Change

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War Poetry

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Peace Pledge Union: Learn Peace

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History Guide: War Poets

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Oxford University WW1 Poetry Digital Archive

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BBC Ethics: War

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Transparency in Sport

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SportScotland: Ethics site

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Inspire-Aspire

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The Red Card

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BBC Ethics Guide: Sport

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Wild Hearts in Action

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Link Community Development International

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Loans that change lives

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Freedom from Hunger

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The Institute of International Finance

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Pa Pa Paa

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Traidcraft

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Young Cooperatives

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Council on Foreign Relations

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Eco Schools Scotland

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Eco Kids

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Virtual Forest Challenge

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End Poverty 2015

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World Health Organisation

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UN Development Programme

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Department for International Development

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Hippoworks

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ActionAid UK: End poverty. Together.

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The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.

Goal number Eight of the Millennium Development Goals is to ‘Develop a Global Partnership for Development’.

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Pupils will set out to examine the issue of poverty around the world.

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“Maternal health” is an important issue for us all. One of the Millennium Development Goals is to improve maternal health for all.

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This task sets out to look in depth at the environment, and the changes which have been and are taking place which affect all living things on the planet.

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Improving the health of children under the age of five world-wide is of major concern for the United Nations.

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HIV and AIDS were first recognised in 1981, and since then, the World has struggled to contain the spread of the disease and to find, in the absence of an effective cure, drugs which can help to alleviate the symptoms and prolong the life of those suffering from the disease.

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The concepts of the “Digital Age” and “Information Communication Technology for all” are not new, but there are still huge inequalities in the provision of ICT in Scotland and in developing countries.

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Pupils will gain an understanding of what is meant by “reproductive health”

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One of the Millennium Development Goals concerns ‘Gender Equality’. This task sets out to explore equality in the broader sense in Scotland and in other parts of the world.

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This task sets out to explore the world of education.

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The developed world is currently using a very high proportion of the World’s resources to produce the energy consumed by its population.

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Pupils will learn about the diversity of food around the world, differing diets and the effects of these diets on people.

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This task asks the pupils to consider world health issues and the effect of disease on individual communities and countries.

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This task sets out to research the debate on the reasons for climate change and the effects of climate change world-wide, with particular regard to the developing world.

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It is said that in the 20th century, not only were there two World Wars, but there was not a day without a war somewhere in the World. This task looks at the Millennium Development Goals and the effect of conflict and war on the countries of the World.

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The Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, World Cup football and World Cup rugby are well known

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This task is a consideration of finance and ethics when working with Developing Countries.

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Aimed at Curriculum for Excellence Level 3 but can be adapted to suit other levels.

The concept of the ‘ethical company’ and the implications of this on worldwide trade are part of this task.

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Aimed at Curriculum for Excellence Level 2 but can be adapted to suit other levels.

Pupils will work together to explore the ‘Millennium Development Goals’, their creation, what they are designed to achieve, and their contribution to the peoples of the world. Issues of world poverty will be considered in relation to ethical trading

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Aimed at Curriculum for Excellence Level 1 but can be adapted to suit other levels.

Pupils will work together to explore work styles experienced in different parts of the world.

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  EthCo was present in the market place and delivering workshops at the very successful 'Learning Teaching Scotland' event held at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel on Tuesday 8th February 2011.

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 EthCo was in the Market Place at the LTS events 'developing Global Citizens through Health and Wellbeing' and 'Developing Global citizens throug...

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 EthCo was present in the market place at the very successful 'Learning Teaching Scotland' event held at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel on Thursday 3rd February 2011.

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Download the new EthCo interdisciplinary tasks now!

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 EthCo again involving the student teachers in considering the tasks.

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 The EthCo team are now visiting the winning schools

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 Williamwood High School - Winner for Upper Secondary

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 Invergowrie Primary School - Winner for Lower Primary 

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Butterfly Challenge Winners Receive Prizes.

 Mid Calder Primary School - Winner for Upper Primary

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Butterfly Challenge Winners Receive Prizes.

Lochgilphead High School - Winner for Lower Secondary

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 Companies join EthCo

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EthCo at The Scottish Learning Festival 2010

 The two days were very busy with lots of interest in the EthCo materials and how to organise an interdisciplinary task

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  EthCo is at the Scottish Learning Festival again this year.

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 Judging the Challenge proved to be very difficult with so many excellent projects to select from. In the end the decisions were taken and prizes awarded as follows:

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 EthCo presented two workshops at the Townhouse in Inverness on the 24th May.  Each workshop was well-attended, with the afternoon workshop particularly popular.

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 This event, organised by 'Determined to Succeed' focused on the development of entrepreneurial teaching.

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 EthCo presented the tasks at a series of workshops organised in a 'round robin' fashion.

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The recent EthCo conference on the 26th March was very well attended with delegates from most parts of Scotland responding well to the EthCo experience. The speakers led groups through several workshops and the feedback was very positive.

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 EthCo presented the  tasks to a mixed group of Primary and Secondary teaching staff at this after school session in Hamilton.

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   This International event at the Edinburgh Radisson Blu Hotel attracted delegates from all over the world.

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  The BEd students were engaged in a module on enterprise in education and EthCo was asked to present the principles behind the Tasks

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 EthCo was represented at the Scottish Learning Festival on its stand near the local Authority village and had a fantastic response over the two days

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The McDiarmid Park conference centre in Perth saw a gathering of over 80 delegates from all parts of Scotland to find out about EthCo.

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 EthCo made this presentation to the PGDE(P) students of Strathclyde University at their annual conference in the Jordanhill Campus.

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The EthCo presence at the International Showcase was as an information stand, where delegates could study the EthCo materials, and discuss the principles involved.

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This showcase event marks the official launch of EthCo and the tasks as significant educational resources with an ethical message. The event also awarded the winners of the EthCo logo and song challenge

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Stride - supporting global citizenship in Scottish schools.   This edition, which is sent to all Scottish schools focuses on: Heal...

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 The EthCo Conference evaluation shows a very enthusiastic response to the day. We are now looking at the suggestions and comments to help us pla...

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Dear Colleague   Ethco Conference 26 March 2010 – Jordanhill Campus, University of Strathclyde The Ethco project, supported by DFID, is ...

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Invitations are being sent out to all EthCo registered users and local authority representatives, to attend the EthCo conference on the 26th March 201...

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The Butterfly Award was Angela's dream, a way of inspiring schools to involve their pupils in these issues. We have renamed the award in remembrance o...

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It is with deep regret that we mark the passing of Angela Jackson, the Co-founder of EthCo, and Researcher and Programmes Director of Enterprising Car...

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A number of schools have indicated their wish to enter the challenge but are not yet ready so we have moved the deadline for registration to the end o...

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Pilot experiences in several schools on Organising an interdisciplinary task at both primary and Secondary level have led to these notes, which c...

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Why is it called the Butterfly Award? It was once suggested that a butterfly flapping its wings could possibly cause a tornado, due to small atmosph...

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