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Peadar Cremin – a development education pioneer
Peadar Cremin – teacher, lecturer in education; professor, college president, curriculum developer, activist, colleague and close friend sadly died on November 30th last year. As a tribute to him and his work in development education and related areas, we are publishing four blogs – the initial one below by Colm
Have your say and be in with the chance of winning a hamper of development education resources
Websites such are this one are only as strong as the feedback, ideas and contributions we get from our readers – so here’s our annual survey. Have your say and tell us what you’d like on the site in 2016 and be in with the chance of winning a hamper
‘Making a murderer’: How a Netflix series inspired my first critique of the SDGs
‘Making a murderer’ is the new Netflix series that YOU HAVE TO WATCH. The documentary follows the story of Steven Avery who, after spending eighteen years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, is arrested for murder. I said no spoilers but I think it’s fairly obvious that presentation
Top 10 blogs on developmenteducation.ie in 2015
The 2015 tallies are in and visitors voted with their clicks as the results from the most popular blogs from the year are in. As expected, the Sustainable Development Goals featured strongly which were agreed in September at the United Nations, as well as rising issues such as the biggest
Consuming Christmas
With just 1 more sleep and more importantly only 1 shopping day (!!!) left (keep track of your sleeps and shopping days), “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Toys in every store…” And indeed there are, even here in Kampala, although not remotely comparable to the entire aisles
Boats at sea in Dublin’s Youth Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals
There have been problems in Syria for years that featured in news but it was news that rarely reached young people. Over the summer, this situation became more pronounced to us when news of the Irish government agreed to accept 4,000 Syrian refugees hit headlines, following the first announcement of
Cradle to Grave
Lynda Kelly’s blog was the overall 2015 winner of the Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series. The shortlist of blogs will be published as part of the series in the coming weeks. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What is development? Does it matter? I think the best way for me to
Apptivism
Technology has changed activism. From public opinion campaigns to e-petitions, technology has changed the meaning of activism, and created a new sphere of online action brought right to one’s living room couch. It is easier now more than ever to take ten minutes out of your day and partake in
What in the World? series resumes on RTE in December
The What in the Word? series is back on RTE next week, thanks to the folks at KMF Productions. Get watching!