Ubuntu Network Dialogue Day 1

'Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: An invitation to Dialogue' - Clarion Hotel, 4th March 2008

The purpose of Dialogue Day 1 was to provide an opportunity for teacher educators to explore practical ways of developing student teachers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes of issues relating to local and global equality, justice and sustainability. Information and resources used on the day are available to download here.

• Background and Programme
• Presentation - ‘Development Education (DE), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Ubuntu Network’ - Dr. Roland Tormey, University of Limerick
• Presentation - ‘Developing Global Perspectives within Teacher Education’ - Prof. Gary Granville, National College of Art and Design
• Audio File (available on request) - ‘Developing Global Perspectives within Teacher Education’ - Prof. Gary Granville, and Question & Answer session that followed.
• Walk and Talk Posters - booklet of Action Research projects displayed
• Summary of discussion points from Q&A and from Dialogue Groups
• 'Wood for Life' Exhibition - the Wood for Life compiled by Just Forests was was on display during the day
• Report Gleeson, J, Peadar King, Sheila O’Driscoll and Roland Tormey. Development Education in Post-Primary Schools: Knowledge, Attitudes and Activism. Limerick: Shannon Curriculum Development Centre; Curriculum Evaluation and Policy Research Unit, University of Limerick; Irish Aid.

Professor Gary Granville delivers the keynote presentation Click here for more photographs

A follow up Dialogue Day 2 will take place on 14th April '08 in the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, O'Connell Street, Dublin.