https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55942 2026-04-04T22:00:41Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55866 Title: eEurope and e-Education Abstract: The Council of the European Union has just held a special meeting on 23-24 March 2000 in Lisbon to agree on a new strategic goal for the Union 'in order to strengthen employment, economic reform and social cohesion as part of a knowledge-based economy ' . In the Presidency conclusions it is stated that the European Union is confronted with 'a quantum shift' - resulting from globalisation and the chall enges of a new knowledge-driven economy. The EU is also concerned with the fact that more than 15 million Europeans are unemployed. One of the solutions to the challenge of both this 'quantum shift' as well as to unemployment is education - a specific kind of education - one which focuses on information technology. Such a vision of things to come has important implications as to whoever is involved in the planning and implementation of educational programmes in Malta, both within and outside schools. What the EU is telling us in very simple terms is: invest in IT. There are jobs in demand, but these are in specific areas, mainly in information technology. There is possibility of economic growth - but this is of a new kind: e-economy. All citizens must have the ability to live and work in an information society; one simply cannot afford to be IT illiterate. For this reason the European Council calls member states to: "ensure that all schools in the Union have access to the Internet and multimedia resources by the end of 2001, and that all the teachers needed are skilled in the use of the Internet and multimedia resources by the end of 2002". 2000-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55864 Title: The implications of the new national minimum curriculum for science education Abstract: The new millenium has seen the publication of a new National Minimum Curriculum. This new curriculum offers a number of challenges to all educators. One of the main challenges of the new NMC is without any doubt in the area of "Science Education". As stated in the NMC "Among the recurrent challenges that the curriculum must strategically address are: developments in science and technology, the ability to make use of the recent developments in these areas, digital processing of information and knowledge; developments in the cognitive sciences ... " (p. 21). The philosophy encouraged is that science forms part of our daily lives and that all individuals should be prepared to respond to the realities and challenges of science in our daily lives. This is the idea of scientific literacy which is defined according to Koballa, Kemp and Evans (1997) as the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs and economic productivity. As Bybee (1993) argues as citizens, individuals are called on to evaluate the uses and consequences of science and technology. They must decide whether to help establish public policies as much as their knowledge and skills do. This can only be obtained by having a broad and balanced grounding in science. 2000-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55863 Title: Jum dinji ghad-drittijiet tal-konsumatur 15 ta' Marzu, 2000 Abstract: Il-Jum Dinji ghad-Drittijiet tal-Konsumatur huwa okkazjoni ta' solidarjeta u celebrazzjoni li ssir kull sena mill-moviment dinji tal- konsumatur biex ifakkar d-dikjarazzjoni storika ta' l-ewwel erba' drittijiet bazici tal- konsumatur u li matul iz-zmien saru tntienja. Ghaliex inhasset il-htiega li l-Moviment tal- Konsumatur jikber mad-dinja kollha? 2000-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55862 Title: Lejn agenda anti-razzista fl-edukazzjoni Abstract: Il-mewga qawwija ta' pregudizzju razzjali li hakmet 'il-pajjiz f'dawn l- ahhar gimghat hasdet u nikktet lil kull min qieghed jahdem biex il-membri ta' din is-socjeta jizviluppaw l-attitudnijiet u l-hiliet necessarji biex ikunu jistghu jghixu ahjar f'pajjiz li kull ma jmur qieghed isir aktar multikulturali. L-aktar elementi li spikkaw f'dawn il-gimghat ta' manifestazzjoni razzista huma l-injoranza kulturali, in-nuqqas kbir ta' informazzjoni, il-pruzunzjoni u l- arroganza ta' min jafli jista' jirbah il-qlub u jhaddar lin-nies billi jiiola kulturi partikolari u jiggenera klima ta' stmerrija u biza madwarhom. 2000-04-01T00:00:00Z