Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2009 (iTunes Enhanced version): Beyond Blankets: in search of political
This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. The Harrell-Bond Lecture is held annually in honour of Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, founding former director of the Centre and of the ac
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2009 (MP3 audio): Beyond Blankets: in search of political deals and dura
This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture which was on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford. The Harrell-Bond Lecture is held annually in honour of Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, founding former director of the Centre and of the ac
"The Process of Coming Back into the World": An American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) Activist Advocates
In 1968, young urban-based American Indians in Minnesota formed the American Indian Movement (AIM) to fight mistreatment by police and to improve prospects for jobs, education, and housing. In 1972, AIM initiated "The Trail of Broken Treaties," and a subsequent march to Washington to present the Nixon ...
"Bigger Than Anything We Understood:" Cathy Wilkerson On The Political Culture of SDS
Student radicalism and the New Left contributed to the rise of a "counterculture" during the 1960's, as millions of Americans questioned traditional forms of monogamy and family, suburban life, materialism, and scientific rationality and emotional repression. Outwardly, this cultural shift was marked ...
Promoting political freedom and deepening democracy
Organised by Wilton Park, to be held at Wilton Park Steyning, West Sussex United Kingdom from 2009-06-22 to 2009-06-25
Militariam : political economy, security, theory
Organised by Centre for Global Economy, University of Sussex, to be held at University of Sussex Brighton United Kingdom from 2009-05-14 to 2009-05-15
Should Political Theory get Real? Liberalism and the Challenge of Political Realism
Organised by School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, to be held at University of Birmingham Birmingham United Kingdom from 2009-05-07 to 2009-05-07
European Consortium for Political Research Conference 2009
Organised by ECPR, to be held at University of Potsdam Potsdam Germany from 2009-09-10 to 2009-09-12
(R&DA 31) Improving the Ability of Design & Technology PGCE Trainee Teachers to Teach Designing
This research investigated a deliberate curriculum intervention to enhance design ability and design teaching skills. The research specifically targeted 6 of 29 trainee teachers on a one year PGCE Design & Technology course. Supported by TDA Research and Development Award.
citizED Secondary Strand: Educating for real and hoped for political worlds: ways forward in develop
An article from the Citizenship Initial Teacher Training Professional Resource Network (citizED) on developing political literacy.
Designing Educational Technologies with Users
This Futurelab handbook has been written with the designers of educational technology resources in mind, but the content will be of interest to teacher educators and to trainee teachers investigating novel approaches to the use of ICTs in education. It recommends approaches designers should employ when developing technological resources for education, using case studies for illustration and exemplification.
Designing Technologies to Support Creativity and Collaboration: A Handbook from Futurelab 2004
The report summarises two prototypes developed in partnership with Futurelab: Virtual Puppeteers with squidsoup (a digital arts company) and MediaStage with Immersive Education (an educational software company). The two prototypes were designed specifically to support collaborative approaches to creative story-telling and to explore the potential of rich multimodal (sound, image, movement, colour, text etc) environments within children’s creative practices.
Transferring a model for improving the ability of design & technology PGCE trainee teachers to teach
This project concerned trainees’ ability to teach designing. An earlier study fully reported elsewhere found that a curriculum intervention in the training programme enhanced PGCE students’ ability to teach designing. The earlier study also revealed that the enhancement was less effective for those students specialising in food technology or electronic and communication technology (ECT). The current project investigated the issue of designing within food technology and transfer of a curric
citizED: The Individual and the Political Process: Nazi Ideology and its Genesis
An extended case study from CitizED which investigates the impact of the Nazi regime on people in Germany, 1933-39. Included are exercises to use the material and the activities to research, investigate and discuss important issues connected with citizenship today.
Online Course on Designing Participatory Workshops
This course is divided into nine chapters, each one based on a different aspect of workshop design. The text is designed to be read from beginning to end, and a reasonably good understanding of the material presented in any chapter is required to fully appreciate the next. For the casual reader who only wants to review chapters of most interest, however, references to important points in previous sections are included where required for full understanding.
Designing & Funding Sustainable Development Projects: Online Course Announcement
Dear Open Educational Resources Colleagues,In an effort to make our training accessible to a larger international audience, we are inexpensively offering key courses—online—on adapting to climate change, food security, project design, community participation, and funding. Development staff from 67 countries are now using these courses to develop community-centered, sustainable development projects to address a range of challenges.A module of the two most popular courses is being offered onli
Religious Toleration and Political Liberalism
Professor Susan Mendus (York) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference 2010. Dr Nick Southwood (Oxford) is the commentator
Political Perspectives to State Censorship of Literature
Peter McDonald and David Robertson discuss the idea of state censorship, especially Apartheid era South Africa, looking at the political perspectives and implications of state censorship of literature
The Political Panel Discusses the Possibility of Turning Toward Nuclear Energy
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The Political Panel Discusses Whether the Issue of Climate Change has Transcended Politics
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