The Ubuntu Network supports the integration of Development Education (DE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into post primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Ireland.
The Network is made up of teacher educators from Dublin City University, Mater Dei Institute, the National College of Art and Design, Limerick School of Art and Design, National University of Ireland Maynooth, National University of Ireland Maynooth, St. Angela’s College, Sligo, Tipperary Institute, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin, and the University of Limerick. Representatives of NGOs (Just Forests, Eco-UNESCO and Amnesty International) involved in DE and ESD sit on the steering committee, as do representatives from Mary Immaculate College, the DICE Project (Development and Intercultural Education at Primary level) and IDEA (Irish Development Education Association).
Current Ubuntu Network Activities:
Ubuntu Network Dialogue Day 4 took place on 22nd February 2010 in St. Angela's College, Sligo. The theme for the day was Building links between Teacher Education and NGOs: making the relationship work for Development Education.
Ubuntu Network Call for Action Research Projects - deadline 5th February 2010. Application forms available here
The Ubuntu Network Action Research and Other Projects to Integrate Development Education into Initial Teacher Education 2006-2008 ebook available now
Click here for our webpage on Use of film for social justice learning Also on this page is a link to books on relevant themes, including travel, fiction and non-fiction. If you have any further suggestions for books or films to be included, please send them to Mags
Visit Roland Tormey' s blog on Equality, Diversity and Irish Education which inlcudes a short report on the midterm review of UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development by Roland Tormey.
Recent Ubuntu Network Activities:
with Daniela Tilbury as keynote speaker
Programme included workshops on visual art in development education, innovative pedagogies, assessing impact of development education, and the use of documentary film in development education
Dialogue Day 2: Innovative Pedagogies for Development Education in Teacher Education (14th April 2008)
Dialogue Day 1: Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: An invitation to Dialogue (4th March 2008)
Please click here for further information on Dialogue Day 3
Workshop – Building Collaborative Partnerships - Report (11th Sept 2007)
RCE-ESD Application Submitted to UNU (July 2007)
Limerick-Rwanda Education Partnership
Current Developments of relevance to the Ubuntu Network:
Resource: ESD - Images and Objectives - Active Methodology Toolkit (produced by CDVEC) - September 2008
NCCA – Draft Key Skills Report - September 2008
Opening of the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre - January 2008
The Teaching Council – Core Values of the Teaching Profession - March 2007
The Ubuntu Network is funded by Irish Aid.
The term 'Ubuntu' (Zulu) is a Sub-Saharan philosophy and way of life that emphasises co-operation, compassion, community and concern for the interests of the collective.
