Was the Apollo 11 moon landing a hoax? – UNESCO and the International Year of Astronomy

Was the Apollo 11 moon landing a hoax? Of course, it matters whether it is true or not. But in some ways  it does not. What is important, now, is that young people learn about scientific method and process (which has links to legal process and human rights) and how to search for and interrogate

Education for All? …Reaching and Teaching… the most marginalised and least included (example:Chad)

Education for All? According to UNESCO there are still 75 million children out of school ( more than half of these being girls)  and millions more leave school, early, without acquiring basic literacy and numeracy skills. Who are these unreached that do not have access to quality  schooling and learning opportunities? They are the most

The brain, human evolution, the universe and beyond our insignificance

I wanted to write about conflict management but came across some other interesting ideas which will lead me towards conflict management and even resolution. First if war starts in the mind then we should first understand the brain and then work on its adaptation: Check out a new animation from New Scientist brain interactive And

FREE training guide -Post Conflict Educational Reconstruction and Development in Africa

You can find this free training guide and other resources from Inter – Agency Network for Education in Emergencies INEE Professional Training Course Syllabi Post Conflict Educational Reconstruction and Development in Africa.  Training Guide, Workbook, Presentations 1-11 and Presentations 12-22. 27 February – 5 March, 2009, Osaka International Centre of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)