Global Cities Seminar Series
This series is linked to our new Global Cities Education Network and to our most recent edition of the London Digest, Global Cities: Key Education Issues.
19 May, 2010: First steps towards a Global Cities Education Network
'School Community Partnerships: Improving Learning in Formal and Informal Education Settings in Paris'
9 June, 2010: "Technical Education in New York Secondary Schools"
Speaker: Joseph O'Brien, Fordham University, New York City, with a response by Karen Spence-Thomas, IOE
Joseph O’Brien’s paper gives a New York perspective on an issue of which the UK and London have plenty of experience. “With the US’s troubled economy and the rise of unemployment, it has become increasingly important to revaluate Career and Technical Education (CTE) at the high school level. Apprenticeships and other career and technical courses blossomed under federal policies – first by distinguishing between CTE and academic courses and then ensuring that each of these programmes had the financial resources to thrive.” (‘Finding the Balance: Reconsidering Career and Technical Education in New York City’s Secondary School Environment’, London Digest 6)
6 July 2010: "Languages of London"
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Dick Wiggins, IOE |
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John Eversley, London Metropolitan |
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Theresa Tinsley, CILT |
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Lid King, National Director for Languages in England |
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Joe Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne |
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Mohammed Mirbashir and Renata Albuquerque, Language Leaders Project |
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Laura House, Teach First |
To mark the forthcoming (October), long awaited, update of the study Multilingual Capital (2000) LERU held an event at which researchers and authors who led this process provided insights into the process of mapping languages of London’s school children. Guest speakers Lid King and Joe Lo Bianco addressed key policy issues, and representatives of the Language Leaders Project and Teach First's languages in primary pilot told of their experience with languages in schools.