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Posted on May 06, 2011 11:32
The Judging panel found the task very difficult again this year with so many excellent entries from all across Scotland.
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Posted on May 03, 2011 12:28
Posted on March 27, 2011 10:17
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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Posted on March 27, 2011 10:05
The response to the offer of free CPD on EthCo and interdisciplinary working
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Posted on March 25, 2011 14:05
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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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:09
Globalization and Health
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:07
Global Issues: Causes of Poverty
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:07
World Poverty: A look at causes and solutions
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:06
Millennium Promise: Extreme Poverty Ends Here
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:05
Posted on February 22, 2011 17:05
Posted on February 22, 2011 17:04
Wikipedia: Maternal Health
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:02
World Health Organisation: Child Health
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:02
Children in Crisis
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:01
BBC News: Africa Lagging on Child Deaths
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Posted on February 22, 2011 17:00
Posted on February 22, 2011 16:56
Wikipedia: AIDS
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:55
AVERT: AIDS and HIV Asia and Europe
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:54
AVERT: AIDS and HIV Africa
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:53
IICD: ICTs in Developing Countries
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:51
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: ICT in Developing Countries
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:50
Videos on History of ICT
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:48
Wikipedia: The Information Age
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:47
Office for National Statistics: The Digital Age
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:46
BBC News: Building the Digital Age
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:45
Wikipedia: Reproductive Health
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:44
World Health Organisation: Reproductive Health
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:43
Reproductive Health Journal
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:42
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: Dying for Life
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:40
Equality Act 2010
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:39
Posted on February 22, 2011 16:38
Equality and Human Rights Commission
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:38
Scottish Government: Equality
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:36
Lead Scotland - Linking Education and Disability
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:35
Education Worldwide - Free or Fee
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:11
UNESCO: Education Worldwide
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:07
eLearning for Kids
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:07
Education World Wide Online
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:06
Because I am a Girl
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:04
World Energy Needs and Nuclear Power
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:03
World Energy Research
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:02
Wikipedia: Energy Development
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Posted on February 22, 2011 16:01
The Global Education Project: World Energy Supply
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Posted on February 22, 2011 15:59
World Health Organisation: Disease Outbreaks
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Posted on February 22, 2011 15:58
Third World Traveler: Diseases
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Posted on February 22, 2011 15:53
Top Deadly Diseases of the Developing World
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Posted on February 22, 2011 15:42
Posted on February 22, 2011 12:29
Women and Children First (UK)
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Posted on February 22, 2011 12:28
Posted on February 22, 2011 12:25
AVERTing HIV and AIDS
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:49
Health Scotland
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:48
Institute of Science in Society: Sustainable Agriculture
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:47
Posted on February 22, 2011 09:46
Compassion in World Farming: Factory Farming
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:45
BBC News: Can the Planet Feed Us?
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:43
BBC Hot Topics: Climate Change
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:43
ABC Learning Time
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:42
BBC Weather: Climate Change
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:41
Wikipedia: Climate Change
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:39
Posted on February 22, 2011 09:38
Peace Pledge Union: Learn Peace
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:37
History Guide: War Poets
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:31
Oxford University WW1 Poetry Digital Archive
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:30
BBC Ethics: War
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:28
Transparency in Sport
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:26
SportScotland: Ethics site
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:25
Posted on February 22, 2011 09:24
Posted on February 22, 2011 09:21
BBC Ethics Guide: Sport
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:20
Wild Hearts in Action
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:19
Link Community Development International
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:18
Loans that change lives
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:17
Freedom from Hunger
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:40
The Institute of International Finance
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:39
Posted on February 21, 2011 17:38
Posted on February 21, 2011 17:37
Young Cooperatives
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:36
Council on Foreign Relations
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:35
Eco Schools Scotland
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:34
Posted on February 21, 2011 17:32
Virtual Forest Challenge
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:32
End Poverty 2015
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:30
World Health Organisation
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:29
UN Development Programme
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:28
Department for International Development
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:19
Posted on February 21, 2011 17:17
ActionAid UK: End poverty. Together.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:05
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:04
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
Pupils will set out to examine the issue of poverty around the world.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:03
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
“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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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:01
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:01
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
Improving the health of children under the age of five world-wide is of major concern for the United Nations.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 17:00
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:59
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:58
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
Pupils will gain an understanding of what is meant by “reproductive health”
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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:57
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:54
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
This task sets out to explore the world of education.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:53
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:52
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:52
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
This task asks the pupils to consider world health issues and the effect of disease on individual communities and countries.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:51
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:50
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:49
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
The Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, World Cup football and World Cup rugby are well known
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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:47
The content of this task can be adapted to suit any Curriculum for Excellence Level.
This task is a consideration of finance and ethics when working with Developing Countries.
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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:26
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:25
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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Posted on February 21, 2011 16:24
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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Posted on February 08, 2011 22:19
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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Posted on February 03, 2011 18:18
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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Posted on February 03, 2011 17:59
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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Posted on November 19, 2010 15:12
Download the new EthCo interdisciplinary tasks now!
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Posted on November 17, 2010 17:54
EthCo again involving the student teachers in considering the tasks.
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Posted on September 28, 2010 14:05
The EthCo team are now visiting the winning schools
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Posted on September 28, 2010 13:58
Williamwood High School - Winner for Upper Secondary
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Posted on September 28, 2010 13:54
Invergowrie Primary School - Winner for Lower Primary
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Posted on September 27, 2010 16:31
Mid Calder Primary School - Winner for Upper Primary
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Posted on September 27, 2010 16:18
Lochgilphead High School - Winner for Lower Secondary
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Posted on September 24, 2010 17:12
Companies join EthCo
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Posted on September 24, 2010 17:02
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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Posted on August 31, 2010 12:23
EthCo is at the Scottish Learning Festival again this year.
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Posted on June 18, 2010 13:51
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:28
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:24
This event, organised by 'Determined to Succeed' focused on the development of entrepreneurial teaching.
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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:21
EthCo presented the tasks at a series of workshops organised in a 'round robin' fashion.
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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:14
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:13
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:09
This International event at the Edinburgh Radisson Blu Hotel attracted delegates from all over the world.
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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:07
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:06
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:05
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 23:04
EthCo made this presentation to the PGDE(P) students of Strathclyde University at their annual conference in the Jordanhill Campus.
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Posted on May 14, 2010 22:28
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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Posted on May 14, 2010 21:48
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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Posted on May 09, 2010 18:05
Stride - supporting global citizenship in Scottish schools.
This edition, which is sent to all Scottish schools focuses on:
Heal...
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Posted on May 05, 2010 21:50
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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Posted on February 25, 2010 17:49
Dear Colleague
Ethco Conference 26 March 2010 – Jordanhill Campus, University of Strathclyde
The Ethco project, supported by DFID, is ...
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Posted on February 25, 2010 12:03
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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Posted on January 11, 2010 14:18
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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Posted on December 17, 2009 22:49
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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Posted on December 17, 2009 13:43
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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Posted on December 03, 2009 11:42
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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Posted on October 10, 2009 00:15
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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