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Introducing the Council of Europe

01.05.12 / Publication

Teaching small children about complex and challenging issues such as human rights, democracy, and the structure of Europe today may seem like a daunting task. Help is at hand, however, in the form of the Council of Europe’s educational booklet: '47 States and one Organisation…the Council of Europe'.

www.coe.int

myPad – mobile, cooperative Learning

25.04.12 / Media competence / School project

imedias, a support service for the integration of ICT into learning, is developing a pilote project on the use of iPads in the class room. With the help of 6 teachers and their classes they try to find out if it is worth while to further explore the use of iPads in the class room.

www.my-pad.ch

Swiss Nano-Cube wins „Best of 2012“ Award

20.04.12 / Award

The platform „Swiss Nano-Cube“, the Swiss portal on nanotechnology for vocational and grammar school, was awarded a „Best of 2012“ certificate in the category "e-learning" within the Innovation Prize IT 2012. It aims at awaking interest for technological and natural scientific topics among youth.

www.swissnanocube.ch

Swiss initiative on sexual education

17.04.12 / Educational politics

Following controversy over the degree and content of sexual education in primary schools, a people’s initiative on the issue has been launched. They argue that sexual education is the responsibility of parents and that the topic should not be introduced in school before the age of nine.

www.swissinfo.ch

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Swiss Energy and Climate Summit

12.09.12 - 14.09.12 / Bern, Bundesplatz

Information event

The aim of the SwissECS is to inform the population on climate and energy issues in Switzerland. The three-day Energy & Climate Summit will take place on the Swiss Federal Square in Berne. One of its centres of interest is the awareness of young people about climate protection.

www.swissecs.ch

DETAILS

Event languages: German
School Grades: Indipendent of levels

Swiss Learning Festival

14.09.12 - 15.09.12 / national event

Information event

The Swiss national Awareness Campaign for Life Long Learning brings a new learning experience to the people. Committed people join forces with education providers. For 24 hours the Learning Festival focuses on educational networking. For your info on the regional events watch the pages in the national languages.

www.alice.ch

DETAILS

Event languages: German, French, Italian
School Grades: Indipendent of levels

International networking conference 2012

14.09.12 - 14.09.12 / Priora Business Center, Balz-Zimmermann-Strasse 7, 8302 Zürich-Kloten

Symposium

Under the motto “Guidance in the context of internationalisation” the conference offers to education and careers advisors the opportunity to get impulses from experts, to share ideas and network with colleagues from around Europe in interactive workshops. The participation is free of charge.

www.ch-go.ch

DETAILS

Event languages: German, French, English
School Grades: Others vocational schools, 3rd cycle (7th to 9th school year), Post-compulsory schools
Application deadline: 31.07.12

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