{"id":148,"date":"2009-11-10T18:53:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=148"},"modified":"2009-11-10T18:53:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:53:36","slug":"what-the-world-needs-now-is-yet-another-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2009\/11\/10\/what-the-world-needs-now-is-yet-another-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"What the World needs now is ... yet another Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know that what the world really needs is \"love, sweet love\", whether sung by <a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videosearch?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=What+the+World+needs+now+is+love+sweet+love&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=8aT5SsbeMN2ZjAel57y6Cw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=video_result_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CBwQqwQwAw#\">Dionne Warwick<\/a> or others, but what we've finished up is the Lucerne Declaration. \u00a0As <a href=\"http:\/\/\">IRGEE<\/a> 18.4 reports, this is actually the Lucerne Declaration on Geographical Education for Sustainable Development [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bne-portal.de\/coremedia\/generator\/unesco\/de\/Downloads\/Hintergrundmaterial__national\/Luzerner_20Erkl_C3_A4rung_20Geographie_20BNE.pdf\">LDGESD<\/a> ]. \u00a0 As the declaration notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;line-height: normal\">\"The International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education proclaims this\u00a0Declaration and recommends the principles presented in this document as a basis for a sound\u00a0Geographical Education for sustainable development to all geographers and governments in the world.\"<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;line-height: normal\">I suppose what I really want to know is why this isn't just a basis for a sound, mainstream geographical education that everybody does [full stop] \u00a0If geographical education isn'tnow focused on sustainability, does it really deserve the name?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nick Jones reminds me that<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height: normal\"> John Westaway (QCA Geography officer) said in about 1998 that\u00a0Sustainable Development would likely be the \"saviour\" of Geography.\u00a0But Ofsted's gloomy 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofsted.gov.uk\/Ofsted-home\/News\/Press-and-media\/2008\/January\/Geogr aphy-in-schools-changing-practice\">report<\/a> on Geography in schools seems to indicate\u00a0the opposite:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;line-height: normal\"><br \/>\n\"At a time when geographical issues such as floods, rising sea levels,<br \/>\nconflict resolution, famines and trade disputes constantly make the<br \/>\nheadlines, there is some evidence that the provision of geography is<br \/>\ndeclining.\"<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif\"><span style=\"line-height: normal\">10 years on, and it's citizenship which seems to be some bookies new favourite in the Saviour Stakes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that what the world really needs is \"love, sweet love\", whether sung by Dionne Warwick or others, but what we've finished up is the Lucerne Declaration. \u00a0As IRGEE 18.4 reports, this is actually the Lucerne Declaration on 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