EU Studies- Outside the EU
The University of Cologne, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, European Thematic Network for Political Science and Trans European Policy Studies Association is producing an ongoing research project on how European integration is taught with an analysis of current curricula and syllabi, how the Constitutional Treaty can be an empirical focus, with a discussion on teaching methodologies, an internet guide to resources and annotated bibliography of EU studies texts. More on the “Teaching Europe; A Core Curriculum on European Integration Studies” work in progress here...
EU Centre Resource Kit
Teachers who wish to incorporate European Studies and promote an interest current affairs in their classes can now turn to “EdUcating for Peace and Cooperation”, a resource kit developed by the teachers for teachers. The kit contains suggested lesson plans, possible projects, assignments, and more materials. It is particularly useful for those teaching subjects such as the General Paper, History, Economics, Geography or English to educate students on how the EU’s policies are relevant to Singapore and the region, and how the EU and ASEAN cooperates in economic competitiveness, foreign and security policy, and work together to resolve climate change and other global challenges. The kit, containing 4 lesson plans, was assembled from the first EU Centre workshop for teachers conducted on 29 July 2009.
Workshop 1: Lesson Plans from “EdUcating for Peace and Cooperation”
- The EU’s external relations
- How the EU confronts Climate Change and Environmental challenges
- How the EU copes with globalisation, its impact on growth, jobs and employment
- Single Market and Single Currency
We would like to thank teachers from the following schools for their participation:
Anderson Junior College
Anglo-Chinese School Independent
Balestier Hill Secondary School
Bedok View Secondary School
Bukit View Secondary School
Crescent Girls School
East Asia Institute of Management
First Toa Payoh Secondary School
Nanyang Junior College
National Junior College
Orchid Park Secondary School
Ping Yi Secondary School
River Valley High School
Singapore Chinese Girls' School
St Andrews Junior College
St Margaret's Secondary School
Tampines Junior College
Temasek Junior College
Whitley Secondary School
Xingnan Primary School
The workshop was an interactive session with time for participants to swop ideas on lesson plans.
Europa Website Teacher's Corner
The EU website portal has a “one-stop resource” section with a wide range of teaching material about Europe. Targeted at teachers of younger students, the material is produced by various EU institutions, governmental and other non-governmental bodies to help them learn about the EU and its policies and is packaged according to student age groups. More info...
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