NIE2009 - Page 2 - New Young Reader Annual Report by Worl Association of Newspapers THE TRAINING WHAT IS NIE (Newspapers in Education)? A strategy in which a teacher uses all kinds of newspaper content as the raw material to help teach lessons in all kinds of subjects. CONTEXT SOME HISTORY: In 1795, the Portland Herald of Maine, USA, published an item explaining the merits of using the newspaper to improve reading and to teach geography, science and business practice. NIE in new ways, new places ASIA-PACIFIC Times change, papers excel uccess stories dominated the 3rd Asian Round Table as participants concentrated on how to do NIE in changing times. Newspapers in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka were able to report particularly impressive advances. • Thailand organized its first press week in which students from 50 schools spent the whole week exploring the world of newspapers, from learning how to report to how to recycle used newsprint into fashionable outfits. • In the Philippines, The Daily Inquirer started an advertisingpacked weekly “Learning” section devoted to better use of the newspaper in the classroom. • In just 10 months, Indonesia’s A JOINT EFFORT he group agreed that the countries should work more closely on both exchange of ideas and common content. dggg fffAll joined
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