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Two Remarks on Childrens Universities

By Cyril Dworsky on 10.09.2009 11:04 tagged with critics discussion newspaper vienna.

The grandson of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

The austrian newspaper Der Standard featured a comment on the various "concerted cultivation" possibilites during the holidays by Karl Heinz Gruber (teaches comparative education at the University of Vienna) a couple of days ago. Within that Gruber criticises that offers for out of school learning are often only for families with academic background respectively the well educated middle class. He instances the Kinderuni Wien as one example of that.

Article in the german original.

Article translated by google. [sic!]

With a reply to the critics of Gruber Karoline Iber - head of the Vienna University Children's Office - ventilated the topic from the organizers point of view.

Article in the german original.

Article translated by google. [sic again!]

 

Best Science Visualization Videos of 2009

By cyril dworsky on 20.08.2009 09:46 tagged with science communication video visualization.

Amazing computer modelling

The most intriguing movies published by Wired Science:

"The Department of Energy honored 10 of this year’s best scientific visualizations with its annual SciDAC Vis Night awards, at the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing conference (SciDAC) in June. Researchers submitted visualizations to the contest, and program participants voted on the best of the best. From earthquakes to jet flames, this gallery of videos and images show how beautiful (and descriptive) visual data can be." (wired science)

How Can a Kid Participate at Your Project?

By cyril dworsky on 14.05.2009 00:00 tagged with enrolment participation registration registry technical background.

The Early Bird Gets the Worm?

We have already stressed the diversity of Children's University projects a couple of times and we will do this also in future. Associated with the different types of project also the infrastructural capacity of CU's are quite diverging. This ranges from very exclusive workshops with a few kids to real mass events with hundreds of children.

But how do we provide a fair chance to participate for the kids? Shall we follow a fundamental norm in "real life" and make "first come, first serve" to our motto? Is it allowed to make a selection? Is this against the principles of a free participation at Children's Universities? Or is it fair to let fate decide and pick the lucky ones out of the overwhelming mass of curious children.

There are examples for every approach I mentioned but I would be interested if a once adopted course is always the one to maintain.

Let us exchange expriences and write us some of your ideas.

  • Kids queueing

    (Photo by opencontent [http://tiny.cc/qXXpR])

CU - A Potential Hit Factory?

By cyril dworsky on 13.05.2009 00:00 tagged with graz hits music music education songs themes.

Songwriting for Kids

The University for Children in Graz/Austria held a CU lecture at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz on "Songwriting and Hits 2059". Manfred Rechberger of the Institute of Music Education showed methods to express and test the kids musical ideas with simple tools like a mobile phone. During the session he produced together with the children a "children's university rock song".

Is Your Children's University Already Producing Songs?

I would imagine that there are already a couple of other pieces of music around at the various CU's. It would be great if we compile a collection of these works here at EUCU.NET. Please search in the archives of your projects and send all the music files to me or upload it at your personal or project accounts and link to the music.

I am very curious about your contributions and what this will bring up.

 

  • Songwriting with Manfred Rechberger

    (Image: Children's University Graz/Manfred Rechberger)

Scope for Development

By cyril dworsky on 24.04.2009 00:00 tagged with blogging discussion innovation members open space.

Open Space for Discussion

Hello Members and Partners of EUCU.NET!

This is going to be the internal discussion board parallel to the main blog. While the main blog is meant for official informations to the open public, the members only blog shall be more informal. It's dedicated to new ideas, news from the scientific world, open discussion, and much more.

Please help us to develope a vivid discussion board within the blog and post your comments and suggestions.

The EUCU.NET editors are looking forward to your input!

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Comments

East and West Education System - blog

Tara Prayag wrote on 30.06.2009, Tara Prayag last edit on 30.06.2009:

http://www.wakinggiants.net/blog/?m=200906


Interesting blog with comments on the East/West education system where a North American is immersing herself and her kids into the local education system of Shanghai. Has lots of useful links too.

Children's Universities Anthems

Cyril Dworsky wrote on 20.08.2009, Cyril Dworsky last edit on 20.08.2009:

I found two new ones:


Is this really the main objective of CU?

Torben Roug wrote on 14.12.2009, Torben Roug last edit on 14.12.2009:


After listening To Nick's several comments on the austrian School system, separating children for their literacy skills in an early age-I do not believe that the core of the problem, lies with in, what the CU's do -or does not do.


Themotivation for attending University eventually as a student , is not decided on a summer school program at the ageof 10anyway, butmay be a co-factor in the long run....if the educationalontology for the individual child/teenagersupportsa proper personal development of skills, and critical analytical compenteces.


It is not the objective of CU to make that significant impact to choose here and now, but merely to inspirechildren/teenagers toseek challenges inissues with in an academic field in the long run!


My humble personal oppinion on a monday in december