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Below is a series of links which have relevance towards the Global
Dimension in Education and will be useful for students and teachers.
Act!onAid
ActionAid is a unique partnership of
people who are campaigning for a better world. Their strategy
tackles the unacceptable truth that poverty and injustice remain
deeply entrenched in many neglected parts of the globe. They prioritise
their work into six key themes: HIV & AIDS, food and hunger,
women's rights, the right to education, the right to human security
and the right to just governance.
British
Red Cross Education
Looking for reliable humanitarian education
resources? Need something that is imaginative but simple to use?
If so, this new education website is full of interesting information
and stimulating ideas.
Centre
for Global Education
The Centre for Global Education (CGE) was
established in 1986 by eight development agencies to provide education
services that will enhance awareness of international development
issues. Its central remit is to challenge dominant stereotypes
and commonly held perceptions of developing countries which are
prevalent in our society. It aims to use education as a means
of challenging the causes of poverty and inequality in both local
and global contexts by working with all sectors of education.
Children
in Crossfire
Children in Crossfire is an Irish international
NGO based in Derry and works in strategic partnership with Concern
Universal. Concern Universal and Children in Crossfire have a
well-established track record of successful collaboration at an
international level.
Christian
Aid
Christian Aid is an agency of the churches
in the UK and Ireland. It works wherever the need is greatest
– irrespective of religion or race.
Citizenship
Education: the global dimension
The portal site for teachers and educators
keen to explore the global dimension of Citizenship education.
Crosscare:
celebrating difference
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Development
Education
The Development Education website is a
development and human rights education resource maintained by
a group of organisations and NGOs based in Ireland. The site contains
a wide range of materials covering a broad range of issues and
challenges. It presents background papers, teaching materials
and ideas, cartoons, photographs, a glossary of key terms, etc.
Development
Education Association
Development education aims to raise awareness
and understanding of how global issues affect the everyday lives
of individuals, communities and societies and how all of us can
and do influence the global.
Development
Education Exchange in Europe Project
DEEEP is a 3-year programme that aims
to increase the capacity of European NGDOs to deliver grassroots
Development Education (DE) via methodological exchange, training,
improved networking, elaboration of common policies and common
projects.
Development
Education Project
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Department
for International Development
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Global
Campaign for Education
The Global Campaign
for Education promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes
public pressure on governments and the international community
to fulfil their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic
education for all people; in particular for children, women and
all disadvantaged, deprived sections of society.
Global
Dimension: bringing the world to the classroom
Global Dimension is a unique website for
teachers. A helpful guide to books, videos, posters and websites
which bring a global dimension to teaching.
Global
Gateway
The one-stop shop for international partnerships,
where you can find schools from all over the world.
GlobalLink
Global Link is a development education
centre based in Lancaster. Its aim is to promote awareness and
understanding of global issues and to empower people to take positive
action for justice, development and sustainability.
Global
Schools
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Global
Teacher Project
The World Studies Trust Global Teacher
Project ran from 1999 to 2005. It worked with Initial Teacher
Education and Training providers around the UK, to support the
inclusion of a global dimension in course content, and to promote
global education throughout the training of teachers. The Project
ran courses for student teachers, helped teacher trainers develop
new course content and modules, provided resources, ran 3 national
conferences and produced a book which shows how the global dimension
can enhance and complement the QTS Standards in Initial Teacher
Education and Training.
Make
Trade Fair
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Media
Initiatives for Children
The Peace Initiatives Institute (Pii),
located in Colorado, USA, developed the concept of using Media
Initiatives For Children (MIFC) to teach young children the value
of respecting and including others who are different from themselves.
MIFC combine mass media and classroom experience to produce measurable
change in the attitudes and behaviours of young children living
in areas of conflict. By helping to shape young children's values
and, ultimately, their perspective and actions as adults, the
full impact of MIFC on a cultural conflict may not be evidenced
for decades.
Oxfam’s
Cool Planet for Teachers
Cool Planet is primarily intended for teachers
in England, Scotland and Wales and their students. It aims to
bring the global dimension to the classroom, using the concept
of Global Citizenship.
Save
The Children UK
Save The Children fights for children in
the UK and around the world who suffer from poverty, disease,
injustice and violence. Its works with them to find lifelong answers
to the problems they face.
SERVE:
development and education initiative
SERVE was founded in 2003 following the
return to Ireland of a project group of 12 young people, from
the Philippines, after a 9 week mission exposure project. Since
then, SERVE has developed and expanded its Volunteering Projects
to continue the good work it began in the Philippines and to expand
its reach to other Redemptorist-run projects throughout the developing
world.
Trócaire
Trócaire is working towards a just
world where people's dignity is ensured, the rights of individuals
are respected, and where basic needs are met.
World
Education Centre (University of Wales Bangor)
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World
Vision International
World Vision is an international Christian
relief and development organisation working to promote the well
being of all people - especially children. In 2004, World Vision
offered material, emotional, social and spiritual support to 100
million people in 96 countries. |
