2020 marks the 15th year of the Our World Irish Aid Award. The anniversary theme, ‘A Better World,’ invites primary teachers and pupils to learn about the Global Goals and the work supported by Irish Aid, Ireland’s official international development programme. Schools are supported with: Child-friendly resources, like the very
Learning to Change the World: An Audit of Development Education Resources in Ireland 2013-2016, follows on directly from the initial audit covering the period 2000 to 2012 and forms a baseline on development education and related ‘resources’ (activity packs, microsites, booklets etc.) as part of an expanding database of resources
Are you involved in development education / global citizenship education resource production? Then this consultation is for you! This year developmenteducation.ie and the Irish Development Education Association are updating the Guidelines for Producing Development Education Resources to support the production of high-quality education resources on global issues. A short 1-hour
As part of our development debates series, Omar Grech investigates the facts, duties on states and the rising sensationalist language in Malta that is amplifying the most contentious public issue in recent years at the frontier of Europe’s borders: debating the rights of migrants and asylum seekers. __________________________________________________________________ “We all
In the third part of the series John Dornan and Suzanne Bunniss review faith groups and action over many years on environmental issues such as climate change, sustainability and our collective responsibilities to each other on a shared planet
Is your school interested in getting involved (or is already involved) in development education activities? Or are you an NGO or an education network working with schools on development education? If so, there’s an exciting opportunity for you to apply for funding to support your development education activities. Funding is
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An Audit of Irish Development Education Resources is the first national study of development education resources produced over the period 2000-2012, broadly defined, that aims to record, annotate and ‘audit’ resources identified across all major education sectors in Ireland. The audit: Is based the study on 236 resources covering a
My husband Amos and I ‘stay’ in Inyathi district Ward 15. Three years ago, we both tested positive for HIV.
The 20 page briefing paper, Living in the Hollow of Plenty: World Hunger Today and its accompanying support activities are part of the Food Rights Now education and awareness campaign and is designed to provide a set of briefing notes on: different dimensions of world hunger today (definition, measurement, who’s
Duncan Green’s How Change Happens (Oxford University Press 2016) is an excellent resource for a variety of conceptual and practical reasons. It is also a book of, and for, our times, not only for its perceptive analysis of the change process as perceived by activists but also as a potential
Regional general knowledge resources based on all of the countries in Africa, grouped into Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa and South Africa. Over 50 countries covered across the series. teacher sheets blank regional maps for students to fill in informational fact-based activity sheets, general knowledge This resource is split
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
Welcome to the rundown of the 20 most popular resources by visitors on developmenteducation.ie across 2020, based on downloads.
“Peasants, indigenous peoples, and artisans who live outside the industrialised globalised economy, who have caused no harm to the earth or other people, are the worst victims of climate chaos. Over 96 percent of disaster-related deaths in recent years have taken place in developing countries.” Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva is
Photo: World Fairtrade Day by John Sargent. Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Anyone who buys, sells or stocks goods that have achieved Fairtrade certification are not engaging in a ‘simple’ or ‘neutral’ act. Quite to the contrary, it is ENTIRELY political. Fairtrade Ireland, founded as the Irish Fair Trade Network (IFTN), in
As you log out of ‘Hotmail’ you are redirected to MSN news homepage. I don’t often take much notice of the contents of the page, however, on this occasion the new Forbes listing of the richest people on the planet caught my eye. Turns out, it was very interesting!
This is a set of 3 fully illustrated; full colour informational booklets that link with Green Schools initiatives. At the end of each booklet there are links and contacts for further exploration: Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Ireland (2010): 16-page booklet exploring: Bogs, Wetlands and Flood control; water quality and fisheries;
Page one: an infographic of a map of refugee movement in the world. Around the outskirts there are text boxes with facts and information about Migrants, refugees and Ireland. This page would be suitable for printing and displaying in a classroom. Page two: outlines four example lessons on this topic:
‘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
To generate social dialogue on the ban on women drivers a Saudi artist created a low-budget campaign called ‘We the Women’
A year’s worth of web analytics, research, discussion and collaboration offer some interesting insights which may be of use to DE colleagues. Here, we share 8 of those lessons. 1. There are still many gaps in DE resource provision and therefore many opportunities (and needs) to fill them Despite the
Happy New Year to our readers (teachers, students, newbies and veterans)! For those out there who have been wondering why we’ve been laying low these past few months you will be interested to know that we’ve been hard at work on a research project seeking to audit development education resources produced in Ireland from 2000-2012.
A guidebook to support teachers and students in learning about greenwashing as a barrier to sustainable development.
Image: Plantu (France). See our cartoon library for more Mention ‘Africa’, the ‘Developing World’ or ‘Poverty’ and sure enough, it’s yet another debate on ‘aid’, whether it has ‘worked’, ‘failed’, ‘created dependency’ etc. and whether it addresses ‘overpopulation’, ‘corruption’ and ‘our’ current financial crisis. And, so it was on RTE
Are you involved in education work and interested in joining our Education Advisory Panel? We are seeking new members from people active in formal or non-formal education roles.
Join our network of developmenteducation.ie contributors developmenteducation.ie is inviting submissions of pitches and commissions from writers on a rolling basis. developmenteducation.ie is an online space which publishes magazine style features, education support materials and covers topics ranging from climate justice to gender equality, from human rights to unsustainable development, trade
Author of the teacher’s guidebook, Rachel Elizabeth Kendrick, will lead a session on the 3 big ideas and teaching methods published as a 3-part series.
How can young people learn about issues affecting our world today through games-based learning? What is gamification and what contributions can games-based approaches make in challenging and stirring action in Transition Year spaces on global justice and human rights?
Join us for this online session Empathy in a Divided World led by Brighid Golden to discuss how educators can respond to the challenges of selective empathy, both for ourselves personally and with others in our different settings.