Comments on: New Green Campaign in Turkish Schools Will Save 1.27 Million Trees a Year! http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:26:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gavin Hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-60132 Gavin Hudson Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:09:36 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1243#comment-60132 Re: Danny's comment, I don't know why more Uni profs and school teachers don't use companies like Chegg, linked in the post above. It looks great to me but this is the first time I'm hearing of it. Re: Danny’s comment, I don’t know why more Uni profs and school teachers don’t use companies like Chegg, linked in the post above. It looks great to me but this is the first time I’m hearing of it.

]]> By: Tony Attwood http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-60131 Tony Attwood Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:16:17 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1243#comment-60131 The notion that this applies to England is wrong as the equivalent of a ministry of education (The Dept of Children, Schools and Families) does not publish or distribute any school books at all. The choice of which books to use is totally with the individual schools. In England the government tells schools what topics to teach, but not how to teach or which books to use. Some exams (eg the GCSE exam taken at 16) do have "set books" - ie literature that is studied for the English exam, but which edition is used is a decision for the schools. The books are owned by the schools and they use the books over and over again year after year with the pupils. The notion that this applies to England is wrong as the equivalent of a ministry of education (The Dept of Children, Schools and Families) does not publish or distribute any school books at all. The choice of which books to use is totally with the individual schools.

In England the government tells schools what topics to teach, but not how to teach or which books to use.

Some exams (eg the GCSE exam taken at 16) do have “set books” – ie literature that is studied for the English exam, but which edition is used is a decision for the schools. The books are owned by the schools and they use the books over and over again year after year with the pupils.

]]> By: Danny http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/comment-page-1/#comment-60130 Danny Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:41:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1243#comment-60130 I'm wondering why more schools aren't going digital with tools like Amazons 'Kindle' reader...they could eliminate (paper) books altogether and content could be updated immediately and automatically. I’m wondering why more schools aren’t going digital with tools like Amazons ‘Kindle’ reader…they could eliminate (paper) books altogether and content could be updated immediately and automatically.

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