February 2007

Notes on Citizenship in schools

  • February 21, 2007 at 10:55 am
  • Categories: Citizenship & civic engagement,Education

  • Just found this blog entry, which comprises ‘some more notes on the Citizenhsip agenda in [UK] schools for all to peruse‘.

Coca-Cola: clever, or morally bankrupt?

  • February 20, 2007 at 11:24 pm
  • Categories: Design

  • Last night I went to a presentation by a ‘branding expert’. He cited Coca-Cola, saying how clever they were to re-brand Santa Claus, commercialise Christmas, and at one point to get a bottle of Coke into the hands of every serving US soldier. Are those achievements really ‘clever’? Plenty of creative ideas are mooted every [...]

New citizenship education calendar

  • February 13, 2007 at 1:09 pm
  • Categories: Citizenship & civic engagement,Education

  • A calendar for citizenship education events in the UK has recently been started. Anyone can view it, and extra features (such as searching) are available to those with a Google account (grab a Google account here). If you have an event you would like to see there, or you would like to be considered as [...]

Looking for school websites with Citizenship pages

  • February 2, 2007 at 6:52 pm
  • Categories: Citizenship & civic engagement,Education

  • The Citizenship Foundation is collecting examples of school websites with Citizenship pages or sections. If you know of one, they’d love you to tell them about it.