• The IDEAS 'Taking a Global Approach to Initial Teacher Education' conference will be held this year on:

Thursday 19 August 2010 at the Stirling Management Centre

"Education must be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of skills to explore them" Jerome S Bruner

This conference is FREE to pre-registered participants. To register, contact Abi Cornwall, ITE Project Assistant on: 0131 656 0453 or email: iteproject@ideas-forum.org.uk

You will have the opportunity at this conference to:

• Meet other ITE practitioners with a committment to incorporating Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development in their teaching and share innovative approaches
• Discuss the implications for Scottish Education of the new IDEAS publication 'Education in a Global Space: Emerging Research and Practice in Initial Teacher Education'
• Find out how you can play a role in the future development of Global Learning within ITE through the Global Learning Project, a new statutory-voluntary sector partnership working to enhance the provision of Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development across all the formal education sectors in Scotland

Keynote speakers will...

• Consider the nature of the true shift required in perceptions of the teacher's role for Global Learning to become truly embedded
• Make clear the interconnectedness of the human and environmental aspects of Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development

Please Note: Numbers are limited for this conference. Last year, we were oversubscribed.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!!!