MADEIRA CONFERENCE - 6th, 7th and 8th September 2002

Geography Teaching in an enlarging Europe

Welcome
APG
EUROGEO business
Madeira: an introduction
Prof Hartvig Haubrig – Implications for a widening Europe

Session 1

The meaning of European awareness in a widening Europe

Discussion:
Knowledge about European diversity and the European process is a precondition for European awareness. A real awareness can only be the result of communication and exchange of experiences.

Session 2

The role and status of Geography in a widening Europe.

Discussion:
More attention has to be paid to similarities and differences within and between European countries. Geography as a school subject has to play an important role at this.

National reports and group discussions

Session 3

Geography education ought to play a key-role in educating European citizens.

Discussion:
To achieve this, should there be a common section on Europe in the various Geography curricula in Europe. If so what should it consist of?

Knowledge about European diversity and the European process is a precondition for European awareness. A real awareness can only be the result of communication and exchange of experiences. How might this be achieved? What role might ICT play in developing opportunities in Geography?

National and European perspectives

Session 4
European Schoolnet and the Geography Virtual Classroom
Ethnoclic: an ethnographic approach
Environmental Education and responsibility in a widening Europe: using eNews in Geography

Session 5

Geography and Citizenship – through

I)          People

II)        Places

II I)       Euro – Regions

IV)      Environmental citizenship

Developing a blueprint for the future

Discussion:
From a European point of view awareness of the internal and external effects of the economic, social and cultural role of the European Union is a precondition for citizenship awareness. Developing what Geography has to offer.

Session 6

EUROGEO Business

Afternoon Geographical Excursion
(Curral das Freiras, Poiso, Pico Ruivo, Santo da Serra, Camacha, Ponta de São Lourenço, dinner) or (Ribeira Brava, Encumeada, São Vicente, Santana, Portela , Ponta de São Lourenço, dinner)

 Dinner
Madeira folklore – typical food and culture

Session 7

Ways forward… Group discussion and development of National and European perspectives

Session 8

EUROGEO Business

Session 8

Plenary

Other matters
European funding opportunities
Geography Thematic Network
Further EUROGEO business

Lunch