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The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is the representative body for national voluntary youth work organisations in Ireland, represents and supports the interests of around 50 voluntary youth organisations. The National Youth Development Education Programme is a partnership between NYCI and Irish Aid. Development education in youth work aims to
Africa Day, initiated by the African Union and supported by Irish Aid since 2008, falls on the 25th of May every year. To celebrate Africa Day, there will be a weeklong series of events in Dublin, Limerick and Galway with African music, dance, films, history, educational activities, sport and art
The game encourages young people to understand inequality in our world and the importance of finding lasting solutions to help poor countries to develop and work their way out of poverty. The resource includes case studies can be download about people in the featured countries, fact sheets on Christian Aid
With his encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (available online as a long-form letter) Pope Francis has entered the fray not just on the environment and its future but also more broadly on the ethics and impact of dominant models of economic development and ‘extreme’ consumption. His
ABOUT THE EVENT Based on the fruits of a year-long open call for submissions, the exhibition offered a glimpse into the story of Ireland’s relationship with global human rights challenges over time. Showcasing the heritage of global citizenship in Ireland, Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects uncovers the many contributions,
The Wood of Life is a hands-on, interactive exhibition for schools, libraries and other education facilities. The exhibition also makes direct links to many of the Sustainable Development Goals
“This two-step approach facilitates an interrogation of curriculum frameworks and syllabus/specification documents to uncover what the NCCA has been doing well in relation to ESD and where it could do better or improve. It is intended that the resulting recommendations will help to ensure that good practice in relation to
Throughout 2019, developmenteducation.ie and IDEA, in conjunction with NCAD, are launching a project to gather 100 objects relating to previous global solidarity and development education campaigns or actions.
GOAL have made their Changemakers programme accessible and easy to use. You can choose from any of the following ways to participate, in English or as Gaeilge: Changemakers Lessons: Curriculum-linked, classroom-ready resources are available for 1st – 6th classes. You and your pupils will be guided through our Changemakers programme
A Brighter Future focuses on Goal 2: Zero Hunger and the concepts of healthy food, food security and the effects of climate change and Covid-19 on food production. This resource as Gaeilge highlights the story of Thandekile, a thirty-one-year-old mother who lives with her two children, Nomatter (11) and Forward
Core to the Team Planet programme is the notion of the connectedness and interdependence of all people, systems and cycles of life. This resource is packed with stories, worksheets and active learning games and ideas for use in the classroom that can be adapted for direct use in education for
The author of ‘Decolonize Museums’ assembles a list of essential reading on the past, present and future of museums
In this episode, Ciara Regan catches up with visual arts educator Fiona King from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD)
Curated content for: Higher Education Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Videos Resources More ‘Higher Education’ Resources Features Blog Posts Jan31 Punching above its weight Juan Acevedo-Ossa explores South Africa’s case against Israel as the latest example of its ability to act as a normative superpower, exceeding the great
The resource includes step by step instructions for planning, implementing Education for Sustainable Development activities using images and objects. The ‘Images and Objects Toolkit’ might provide a quick start for teachers and facilitators who would like to use a visual approach to exploring aspects of sustainable development in their teaching
In this, the ninth edition of the Living Planet Reports, the key indices (the Living Planet Index, the global tropical index and the tropical freshwater index) again show unsustainable pressures on the planet. We now know that the demands on natural resources like fish, timber and food are rocketing to
This resource provides a support for tutors and students in adult basic education to think and learn about various development issues. The book explores a wide range of development topics and also includes some activities which focus on particular aspects of language and spelling. Tutors can pick and choose whatever
“For those of us living in Ireland, studying the phenomenon of genocide is deeply disturbing for a variety of reasons. While the character and scale of killing in Northern Ireland (and throughout the island) has remained limited, many dimensions of our own history remain deeply challenging. The reality is that
This teacher resource aims to: Expose Irish secondary students to the issues, challenges and actions of a non-governmental organisation, Sightsavers, and to reflect on their own attitudes and ideas in relation to our work Deepen the level of understanding about the challenges faced by people who are visually impaired in
The DEEEP Seminar “Development Education: Responding to the Crisis?” took place in Dublin last month, bringing together over 100 development education practitioners and policy makers from across Europe to consider the role and response of development education in this time of global financial crisis. Co-hosted by Dóchas and IDEA, the
The 2014 report focuses on ‘human vulnerability’ and ‘human resilience’ as it relates to the erosion of individual choice and capabilities and ensuring that individual choice is ‘robust,’ highlighting the need to support coping mechanisms to adjust to adverse events in the lives of the most vulnerable. Packed with graphs,
Who we are Students: Senior Infants “Class of Legends”, St. Patricks Loreto National School, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Teachers: Jean McDonnell and Clifton Rooney. What we did A Senior Infants class from St. Patricks Loreto National School, Bray, Co. Wicklow undertook to explore the Ocean as a theme for the
‘The rationale for junior cycle Business Studies recognises that ‘young people are growing up in a globalised and dynamic’ and ‘interconnected world’. Business Studies ‘explores the interdependence of economic prosperity, societal well-being and the environment and encourages students to think and act as responsible and ethical citizens’. The aim of
This resource supports teachers to take advantage of the opportunities to create rich and layered learning experiences and outcomes for students, supporting ongoing and summative assessment tasks, with opportunities for self- and peer-assessment, as well as opportunities for teachers to give feedback to individual learners. For the purpose of showing
DE themes are integral to learning outcomes from across the five strands of the Science specification. This resource supports teachers to take advantage of the opportunities to create rich and layered learning experiences and outcomes for students. For the purposes of showing how DE is embedded across the entire subject,
‘The rationale for junior cycle MFL recognises that the study of foreign languages contributes to the capacity of students to participate ‘in a global society’. It states that language learning gives students ‘access to new worlds and different ways of thinking’. Engagement with languages can develop students’ ‘socio-cultural knowledge and
‘DE is implicit in the junior cycle Digital Media Literacy short course specification. The rationale section of the specification recognises that young people are increasingly making and sharing media as a way to ‘communicate and engage with each other and with the wider world.’ – p.3 Doing Development Education: Junior Cycle
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