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Top 10 videos from 2013
Using multimedia can be a great method for raising debate and discussion around a particular set of issues. Whether you are running a workshop, teaching a class, or just looking to brighten up a dreary Friday morning in mid-January, it is always useful to have a few in your back
Cartoon of the Month: Leave it as you found it
Should you hand the planet over to your children and grandchildren, saying, “Sorry its broken – you fix it!”? Kicking off our cartoon of the month feature is this climate change and future generations cartoon compliments of longstanding Irish Times editorial cartoonist Martyn Turner (thanks Martyn!). Visit the cartoons library
My top 10 life changing ‘good news’ trends from 2013
Recent debates on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and on the measurement of human development have highlighted a series of highly significant and life enhancing developments as regards people’s most basic human needs in recent decades. Despite ongoing injustice and inequality (the latter increasing year on year) millions of the
Top 10 blog posts from 2013
So here’s the rundown on the top blog posts from 2013. Thanks to everyone who has written, edited, posted, shared over the past year – and see you in 2014! Not men for flags: Northern Ireland and its path to peace by Omar Grech Israel, Caherciveen, The Telegraph and ‘anti-Semitism’
How the news media has failed women in 2013
There is nothing retro about sexism. You don’t need to turn the clock back to the 60s through a Mad Men box set (age rating 15+) nor the 70s via the recent film Anchorman 2 (PG13) to see examples of sexism directed at women – either aggressively or in passive office
In words and deeds: Nelson Mandela on development and international justice
Many have said that in the passing of Mandela, a shining light in the world, a beacon of hope, has gone. This, I feel, is not true. We are all familiar with the more famous quotes from Madiba, however, here are some we may not be so familiar with –
Mandela: he changed the world
A tribute by cartoonist Zapiro from today’s Mail & Guardian newspaper to the life and times of Nelson Mandela, former lawyer, radical anti-apartheid activist, prisoner for 27 years, a canny politician and the first President in a fully democratic South Africa who died in his Johannesburg home last night at
Have your say – complete our survey and win DE resources
It’s that time of the year again where teachers and readers have their say to help us improve DevelopmentEducation.ie by taking part in our short online survey. Those who complete the survey will be in with the chance of winning a free hamper of development education resources and some fair
Development Education Week in Maynooth
We’re off to Maynooth this morning to take part in Development Education Week – an annual week of activities, seminars and training sessions packaged together for student teachers completing the professional diploma in education (PDip or PDE) for teaching at post primary level in Ireland. Many people typically view DE
World Toilet Day?
Yes, there really is one, it’s on November 19th. Go on smile, have a little laugh even, it’s perfectly alright; the man from the United Nations said we probably would. In fact, he said “The amusement and laughter likely to follow the designation of 19 November as ‘World Toilet Day’