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Learning from children
Editorial - April 2008 In " The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", Muriel Spark makes her teacher claim that what she is intent on doing is educate, from the Latin: educere, to lead out. The idea is simple, we already have the knowledge, what we need is someone to help us put this into some kind of form. |
This month, we look at a number of ways in which the Insafe nodes make use of our young people to advise, react and educate us all, sometimes by giving us their views, sometimes by allowing us to learn from their reactions.
Sharing these instances of good practice is one of the strengths of the Insafe network. We learn from others, experts through practice, adopting and adapting ideas and strategies very much as children do when they ask their peers for tips and tricks when proceeding through a game.
We introduce you to the new Family e-safety kit which was elaborated by the Insafe network and supported by UPC. Using this kit, whole families learn together, parents and children in cooperation, sharing their expertise.
We hear of a wide variety of youth panels, councils and groups involved in research and consultations, from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Miss Brodie might well have been interested in the launch of a new site TeachToday.eu. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between fourteen leading actors from industry, from mobile operators and social networking companies to internet and mobile content providers and European Schoolnet who coordinate the Insafe network.
We also find out about dedicated helplines in Spain for eating disorders, another area of particular interest when dealing with young people.
¡Salud!
| Author: |
Chris Jenkins, Insafe |
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Monday, 28 Apr 2008 |
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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