Teachers learn to promote world heritage.Byline: Mohammed Zaatari Summary: The training workshop for Sidon teachers organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO UNESCO: see United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. UNESCO in full United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ) as part of the program "World Heritage in Young Hands" concluded on Friday at the coastal city of Sidon's downtown of Khan al-Franj.AaThe workshop was organized by the UNESCO regional office and the UNESCO national committee. SIDON: The training workshop for Sidon teachers organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the program "World Heritage in Young Hands" concluded on Friday at the coastal city of Sidon's downtown of Khan al-Franj.AaThe workshop was organized by the UNESCO regional office and the UNESCO national committee, under the patronage of the head of Parliament's education committee MP Bahia Hariri Bahia Hariri (Arabic: بهية الحريري) is a Lebanese politician and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. . About 27 teachers from 17 public and private schools in Sidon and its neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. towns participated in the event.Aa The workshop was part of the UNESCO program "World Heritage in Young Hands," which encourages young people to become involved in heritage conservation. It tackled five main subjects: the World Heritage Convention signed in 1972, world heritage and identity, world heritage and tourism, world heritage and the environment and world heritage and the culture of peace. The activities also included a visit to Sidon's coastal fort and forming a follow up committee.Aa Hariri said during the gathering that teaching about historic sites reinforced patriotism, but she stressed that a teacher should not be a simple provider of information but they should rather be responsible of transforming "rigid information into lively facts students wouldn't forget."Aa "Through this workshop we are following the path of modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, and we are discovering how to learn from history and to add to it," she said. Hariri also referred to world-heritage agreements and called on preserving historic sites through education.Aa Representative of the UNESCO regional office Joseph Kraydi reiterated the importance of including world heritage education in school curriculums. He said that teachers played a decisive role in raising awareness about the subject and helping UNESCO voice its message to the world.Aa Representative of the UNESCO national committee Salwa Baasiri Siniora, said that the workshop was especially important because it reflected a strong collaboration Strong collaboration (also known as radical collaboration) is a term coined by Larry Sanger to refer to a new type of collaboration made possible by computers and the Internet and used on sites like Wikipedia. and coordination between the various schools of Sidon and its neighboring towns.Aa "This workshop confirms that preserving national and world heritage is a true guarantee of human heritage and a true witness to its greatness," she said. -- The Daily Star Copyright 2009, The Daily Star. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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