Global Justice Education, University College Cork
Facilitators, lecturers or teachers can use the following methodologies in their GCDE work to encourage participation and engagement:
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What might global justice education look like if we took it out of the classroom and invited the public into the conversation? That question – what happens when global justice education moves beyond the classroom – was at the heart of In a Fractured World: Read More …
One of the challenges in Global Citizenship and Global Justice Education is helping learners move from understanding theory to using it.Students (and educators) often ask: What does critical or decolonial thinking actually look like in practice? The Postcolonial Framework was developed by Dr Gertrude Cotter Read More …
This series of events is aimed primarily at UCC staff but is open too to interested students, academic staff from other institutions and members of the wider community. You can attend all or some of the talks and workshops. ‘UNSETTLING EDUCATION’ A Collaborative Research Project Read More …
Active Citizenship Showcase The students of UW0012 Global Citizenship and Development Education showcase their 2022 projects and their passion for global social justice issues. Themes include: Child labour Policy Advocacy with Child Labour organisations in Netherlands, DR Congo and Bangladesh; Campaigning for Palestine with Trocaire; Read More …
07/03/2022 In March 2022 a small number of staff who are involved with the Praxis Project, attended a training workshop on ‘Racial Literacy for Educators’. We organised this because of our ongoing discussions within our meetings, about experiences of racism . The workshop was ably Read More …
We were delighted to host a seminar on racism and anti-racism on 23rd February 2021. It was led by Eric Ehigie of Black and Irish and Diana Siwela of MASI the Movement of Asylum-Seekers in Ireland. This was part of UCC’s Sanctuary University Week 2022 Read More …
Brainstorming allows participants to share lots of ideas quickly and without fear. This is a useful way to encourage creative thinking and dialogue. Here’s how to organise an effective brainstorming activity: Select a topic and ask the group to share their ideas. For example, ‘What Read More …
Use some form of conversation starter to get people talking to each other in pairs, trios or larger groups. The following list of possible questions or explanation prompts can be written on such things as a board, pieces of paper, blocks, posters, iPads, etc. The Read More …
The Conversation Café provides some guidance on how teachers might craft good questions. www.conversationcafe.org Some ideas are summarised below. Characteristics of a good question: There are no embedded cultural, political, or ideological assumptions. It involves both head and heart. People can respond with Read More …
