Urban liveability, is beyond economic growth and better urban services – it is about creating a healthy, convivial and socially just living and working conditions in a city or a region (Ho and Douglass, 2008). Urban liveability is about balancing economic growth, social harmony and environmental protection (Andrew Tan, 2010). While these diverse yet related perspectives provide abundant fodder for academic discourse, key stakeholders such as the lay city dweller and our younger generation are left to interpret discrete nuggets of facts that percolate through the mass media. Although the concept of liveability has also found its way into formal school curricula, the topic is often embedded within the discourses of sustainability and environmental education. Given the sophistication of the topic and the relevance of the issue to every dweller of the city state, it is timely to engage educators, as active agents in facilitating knowledge construction of our younger generation, to:

Read more: http://www.seaga.info/events/forthcoming-events/seaga-forum-2015/

Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts – A Discussion

With a focus on inquiry-based learning in the new syllabuses, Humanities education in Singapore is headed for exciting times. The Sep/Oct 2013 issue of SingTeach looks at how inquiry-based learning works in the Humanities classroom and how it will help prepare our students for broader challenges in the 21st century.

Read more at http://singteach.nie.edu.sg/category/issues/issue44-sep-oct2013/

Learnxscape provides a range of tools and a platform for educators to share content, interact, and showcase products. See http://www.learnxscape.com/ to learn more.

Masters level professional development courses for teachers are now being offered!

Please visit http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/mass/upcoming_course.htm to find out more.

HSSE Online will publish an original photo on its home page with each issue. We invite educators and photographers to submit photos that they think capture the nature and spirit of humanities and social studies education and subject matter. These can be photos that portray a sense of history, time, and the past, significant historical, social, political, or economic issues, a sense of place, belonging, citizenship, teaching and learning, the use of new media and technology for social education and active social engagement, etc.

Get your cameras rolling!

Photo submissions can be sent to mark.baildon@nie.edu.sg and liching.ho@nie.edu.sg.

HSSE Online needs a logo!

We welcome all original designs that represent the goals of the journal (see About HSSE Online). Teachers, encourage your students to make designs that represent Humanities and Social Studies education.

Be creative!

Submit your ideas and designs to mark.baildon@nie.edu.sg and liching.ho@nie.edu.sg.