What The Fact? Gary Lineker attends the training session at Fulham Football Club where refugee children take part on March 5, 2020. Photo by Hammersmith & Fulham Council via Flickr (used under CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0) Gary Lineker, former football player and broadcaster, claims that the British Government admits significantly fewer refugees than
What do fashion companies and EU lobbying have to do with greenwashing, but don’t know where to begin your learning journey? Part three in the series by Rachel Elizabeth Kendrick
There are ten units in this resource, with a range of activities in each unit. The resource is structured so that each unit builds on the learning and language of the previous unit, however, teachers can also dip in and out of it and adapt the units to further suit
Faith in Action Series This educational resource has been designed for use on interactive whiteboards. Each unit contains supplementary notes for teachers, packed full of background information and group activity ideas. The ‘Faith in Action’ resource contains four weeks of engaging lesson material for the Pope John Paul II Award. Students are
I love coffee. I love good coffee, and have come to the conclusion that I am a coffee snob. I am so addicted – to “good” coffee that is – that I even have the necessary tools to make up my own latte, cappuccino, mocha, you name it, at home
Spread over five chapters, the 2011 report integrates previous learning from older HDRs and includes the new statistical measures added to the human development indices: the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, the Gender Inequality Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index. At 185 pages in length, the report examines social factors not
The topic of Gender relates to the CSPE course and syllabus in the following ways: links with the concept of Rights and Responsibilities it is expressly mentioned under the concept of Human Dignity in relation to stereotyping and equality a UN human rights Declaration and Instrument (the Convention on the
This resource is full of teacher notes, extra website annotation advice, stimulus quotes and 4 creative activities with direct links to the curriculums in Ireland and Northern Ireland with the theme of the rights of the child as the central pillar of the resource.
This resource comes with a DVD, posters, classroom activities and ideas for action. It gives an introduction to poverty and aid, different forms of aid, Ireland’s role, different perspectives on aid and the role of Trócaire. There are also helpful teachers notes and quizzes throughout, as well as a glossary
Packed full of information boxes, tips and teacher notes, this resource is teacher friendly and ready for use in the classroom. Includes a diverse range of 11 activities and 3 pupil worksheets.
A 9-page resource booklet containing teachers’ notes, activities for junior infants to sixth class, resources pages and organisation contact lists introducing teachers to development and intercultural education. Suggested activities for using materials in classrooms with curriculum links guidance. The booklet combines activities from a number of sources and aims to
The results are in for the most shared and read blogs on developmenteducation.ie over the course of the last year. As expected, they present a wide snapshot of issues that readers were interested in most. Some readers may be surprised by the blogs that made it into the top 10
On a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon this March tens of thousands of protesters descended on the streets of Dublin all in the name of ‘water’. The demonstration, organised by the Right2Water[1] campaign, was part of a wider movement in opposition to the recent introduction of water charges here in
The Huffington Post recently included what it considers the Top 10 quotes from various ‘leaders’ across the globe that “in some way changed how humanity looks at the world.” This list includes quotes that commemorate historical moments/actions that impacted on the global landscape, through political reforms, scientific revolutionary discoveries, human
As ever, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the MDG Goal to increase the population with access to safe drinking water was met in 2012. But, the bad news is that the focus on ‘safe’ water hides a major issue. People (here read predominantly women)
Let’s Talk was a series of workshops for young people debating and analysing current issues undertaken in partnership with TIDE (Teachers in Development Education) based in Birmingham (www.tidec.org) and Alternatives based in Belfast (www.alternativesrj.org). The activity emerged directly from the widespread public debates that were ongoing at the time on
In 2006 well known campaigning comedian Mark Thomas approached Irish non-governmental organisation Afri having become aware of Afri’s work on the arms trade. He asked if Afri would put him in touch with a secondary school in Ireland. Afri introduced Mark to Barbara Raferty, aware of the consistent justice and
Zingalume compound is one of the biggest ‘compounds’ (shanty town) located in the western part of Zambia’s capital Lusaka. Zingalume is home to a cross-section of Lusaka society including, civil servants, industry-labourers, marketeers, public bus drivers, retirees among others. An ordinary household in Zingalume compound can consist of between 4 and 10 family members
Development education is a cross curricular activity. That’s not to say that it can’t be taught in a single subject area – many teachers use DE as part of completing curriculum strands or as stimulus material for energising students or building class projects. DE can be flexibly used in many
Spotlight on South Sudan is an educational resource which uses the methodology of process drama to enable children to learn, through imagined experience, about life in South Sudan. South Sudan, the world’s youngest independent nation, faces tremendous challenges such as the ongoing conflict, extreme levels of poverty, internal displacement and
The past few weeks have witnessed an avalanche of discussion and debate on the 30th anniversary remake of Band Aid by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure with its emphasis on the Ebola crisis which threatens to become, according to Oxfam ‘the definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation’. In typical swashbuckling
Thirty years on and Geldof is back. Again. He’s back with Ultravox’s Midge Ure and they’re asking, “how can they know it’s Christmas time?”: surely a progression from wondering “do they know it’s Christmas time at all?”. Band Aid returned on our tellyboxes on Saturday night on X Factor, no
This is a senior primary school resource that was developed by a team of ten teachers and piloted in six schools across Ireland. The three main themes covered by 7 activities are: The wood of life and why trees are important Sustainable development and managing our planet’s resources Where do
Engaging with the stories of five real activists through discussion, creative thinking and character exploration can support the development of literacy. Through the familiar medium of storytelling, human rights situations can be explored on a level which children can encounter the real life impact of human rights in practice. This cross-curricular resource includes
The pack details a number of tools to analyse where images and messages come from and their impact. These tools include developing photo-literacy, critical reflection and the Dóchas Code of Conduct on Images and Messages. 17 activities with mixed active hands on learning Case studies, maps, worksheets, factsheets, political cartoons,
This 20 page briefing paper and its accompanying support activities are part of the Food Rights Now education and awareness campaign for young people and is designed to provide a set of briefing notes on: different dimensions of world hunger today (definition, measurement, who’s at risk, causes and debates) in
Developed as a result of teachers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland working together on education for peace and reconciliation, this 109 page resource has three particular features which are central to its design and use. Firstly, it is designed and can be used in a learning spiral
This resource is based on two and a half days of training delivered to second-level teachers on how to guide discussion and take action on equality in the curriculum and the school. Suggestions on delivering the activities over a longer period (evenings or shorter sections over a longer period of
The ECEE Toolkit contains 6 full-length workshops, 3 campaigns and 3 solidarity economy actions. It is available, free of cost, for download. The resource focuses on how to motivate people to use their power as consumers for the betterment of society and addresses issues of fair trade, ethical consumption, trade
Published on Oct 7, 2013 As a UK resource this resource is accompanied by UK-specific teaching activities which can be easily adapted. Assembly, TY Unit and SPHE this three minute animated video about food waste is designed for use in assembly, form time or SPHE, and is accompanied by notes.
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