{"id":1968,"date":"2024-04-24T05:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/den\/?page_id=1968"},"modified":"2024-11-28T20:39:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:39:20","slug":"politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/den\/politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics and Development in the Middle East 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1968\" class=\"elementor elementor-1968\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c23d0a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c23d0a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b4d838\" data-id=\"8b4d838\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-235110d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"235110d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm;font-size: 12pt;, serif;text-align: start\"><span style=\"font-family: Candara, sans-serif\">With the tremendous success of the Democratic Education Network, we have embraced a fresh and dynamic approach in designing this module. While the module focuses on the Middle East, the teaching and learning approach is hybrid, involving academics from the University of Westminster and Middle Eastern countries, as well as integrating a field trip to Turkey. To reflect the innovation in this module, we have designed the coursework to give students a new approach by engaging them to write, review, and discuss each other\u2019s blogs during the workshops, present either in London or while they are on the field trip, and write an essay that potentially will be presented at DEN's annual conference and published in DEN\u2019s annual book.<\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c696cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c696cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/04\/Document-2.pdf\"><button style=\"background-color: #108480 !important\" type=\"button\"><strong><b><span style=\"color: white\">Find Out 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