paraphrase list

• • platform - avenue/medium/vehicle
  • learning - facilitate/consult/rediscover
  • provide - offering
  • graphic - pictorial/visual
  • physical - tactile/tangible
  • way - means/method
  • educating - teaching
  • history - origins/past
  • history & heritage - culture/traditions
  • reinforce - fortify/strengthen/supplement
• • formal education system - standard curriculum
  • classroom - institutional setting
  • host - arrange/organise
  • education programmes - instructive activities/schemes
  • community - masses/public
  • disparate - asymmetries/inequalities
  • reflecting - embodying/encapsulating/expressing
  • collective values - widely-held beliefs/principals/virtues
  • building - construct/forge
  • identity - joint sense of being/self
• • develop communities - cultivate/nurture societal bonds/ties help bind/unite the society
  • public spaces - common/open areas/facilities
  • leisure - enjoyment/recreation
  • permanency - durable/enduring/long-lasting
  • guardians - defend/protect/shield
  • repositories - housing/preserving/storing
  • collective memory - communal experiences/history
  • the past - yesterday's world
  • understand - comprehend/grasp
  • present - today
  • foreshadow - anticipate/envision
  • future - tommorow
• • contribute - foster/stoke
  • local pride - patriotism/self-regard
  • unique - distinct/special/unrepeatable
  • appreciated - respected/valued/admired
  • others - outsiders
  • visitors - patrons
  • money - revenue
  • water down - dilute/pare down
  • cafe/souvenir shops - retail outlets
  • cherry-pick - selective
  • purveyors - cater/pander
  • popular culture - mainstream
• • greatest - highest/maximal/most profound level
  • pleasure - enjoyment/satisfaction/gratification
  • brings together - conjoins/unifies/unites
  • condemning - critical/disappointed/disapproving
  • outmoded - irrelevant
  • marketed - advertised/labelled/promoted
  • radical - drastic/extreme/unorthodox