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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

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

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