News
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'.
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.
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.
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.
Agenda
Swiss Energy and Climate Summit
12.09.12 - 14.09.12 / Bern, Bundesplatz
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.
Event languages: German
School Grades: Indipendent of levels
Swiss Learning Festival
14.09.12 - 15.09.12 / national 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.
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
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.
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
