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Conference
14 – 16 March 2013
Lisbon, Portugal

2.  Professor R. H. Fryer´s keynote address on learning citizenship for the 21st century was
inspiring, both within in an eTwinning context and in a wider scope.
 “The future is not only here for the taking – it is here for the making”
Professor Fryer talked about risk society – the fact that the world we live in today is
unpredictable and if you will scary – and what this sort of world demands of its citizens and
of teaching and learning. Fryer stressed that in an uncertain world citizenship is not only
about coping with or responding to the situation. It is about active engagement and about
shaping the world. Therefor the real issue for eTwinning according to Fryer, is how do we
make students the authors of society they live in today.
 ”Diversity can lead to a higher level of cohesion”
Fryer also talked about social movements, the voices these movements have given groups
that have not had a voice before ¬- and the diversity that this results in. Fryer stressed
that peoples’ attitude to “other”, the way we look at “other”, is of importance. He talked
about the notion that diversity actually can lead to cohesion; that coming in contact
with other ways of thinking, other sets of priorities and other ways of doing things actually
can lead to a higher level of social cohesion.
 “Giving the pupils a sense of themselves in a social world”
What kind of teachers does this new world of risk need? Professor Fryer left this question
for the conference audience to think about.
 Concerning the role of the teacher, Fryer emphasized the teacher as someone who draws
out the potential in others. He also stressed the importance of giving the pupils a sense of
themselves in a social world.
Inspiring keynote speech on
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14.  A great start of the workshop - Drs. Pieter Hogenbirk meets all
the participants personally J. The workshop begins with the
presentation of the state of implementation of citizenship into
curriculum of the school based on some quality indicators used by
the Dutch inspectorate – Quality assurance and Educational
supply.
 All the participants have carried out the self evaluation of their
schools on citizenship and in groups discussed together with
Pieter Hogenbirk and Conor Galvin the issues of citizenship, how
citizenship activities are affirmed to the school subjects and what
can the schools do to strengthen the importance of active
citizenship in the educational process.
 This workshop has given its participants the opportunity to
obtain new viewpoints and insights on the discussed topic,
it was inspiring and motivating for teachers and it was worth to
attend it.
Active Citizenship workshop

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