Life Changing Experiences – Education and Guyana – Child Friendly Schooling

The World Summit for Social Development  held in Copenhagen in 1995, gave me the opportunity to work with UNICEF. I was working on secondment for the North South Centre, based in Portugal and we were asked to co-plan an ‘Education for Development’ workshop at the Summit. We all worked hard for three days and theContinue reading “Life Changing Experiences – Education and Guyana – Child Friendly Schooling”

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