Research

Teaching from Theory, Learning from Practice E Book

An E-Book of Development Education and Intercultural Education Research for Teacher Educators. Edited by Christopher Farrington. This e-book features a range of new contributions to Development Education and Intercultural Education by a number of distinguished lecturers, teachers and practitioners working in primary education. The research papers were presented at the conference ‘Teaching from Theory, Learning from Practice’ in February 2008.

From the College to the Classroom

The impact of DICE courses on the inclusion of development education and intercultural education in the primary classrooms

This research assesses the impact of the DICE courses which were delivered during phase one of the DICE project (2004-2007). The study follows up students who participated in compulsory and elective DICE courses, and reviews the extent to which they were including DE and ICE within their teaching. It outlines their views on the DICE courses that they undertook while in the college of education, and also their views on the factors that facilitated or hindered them in including DE and ICE in their teaching.
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Call for collaborative project proposals for Academic Year 08/09

The DICE project invites proposals for collaborative projects in development education (DE) or intercultural education (ICE) to be carried out in initial primary education (ITE) institutions during the academic year 08/09. For more information click here click here

Impact Study of DICE Courses – DICE Research

This study aims to follow-up teachers who have participated in the Development and Intercultural Education (DICE) course and to review the extent to which teachers are including development education (DE) and intercultural education (ICE) within their classroom teaching. For further information please click here. To download the questionnaire, please click here

This report on the DICE conference in June 2008 by our conference rapporteur, Máirín Wilson (CICE), brings together the range of perspectives and key learning in true development education fashion.

Challenging Perspectives. Teaching Globalisation and Diversity in the Knowledge Society.

An E-Book of Development Education and Intercultural Education Research for Teacher Educators. Edited by Matthias Fiedler and Astrid V. Pérez Piñán
This e-book features a range of new contributions to Development Education and Intercultural Education by a number of distinguished lecturers, teachers and practitioners working in primary education.
The research papers were presented at the conference ‘Challenging Perspectives:
Teaching Globalisation and Diversity in the Knowledge Society’, organised by the DICE Project in June 2008.

Global Dimensions

A Guide to Good Practice in Development Education and Intercultural Education for Teacher Educators

The DICE project has developed this guide to help address a real and expressed need within initial teacher education for ongoing support in integrating global and social justice perspectives within primary education in Ireland. The publication is designed to support this integration through disseminating ideas, guidance and examples of good practice that in the main are drawn from the experience and learning gathered by the team of the DICE Project.
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Global and Justice Perspectives in Education - A Literature Review

This publication explores the existing body of literature pertaining to development and intercultural education.
This report is available on-line in PDF by clicking the above link or by contacting DICE at jfingleton@cice.ie

Global Education:Teachers' Views

This research report is a small-scale study which was commissioned by DICE and carried out in a cluster of Dublin schools in January and February 2006. It took place in a range of schools and was supported by funding from the CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit (European Year of Citizenship through Education). This report is available on-line in PDF by clicking the above link or by contacting DICE at jfingleton@cice.ie

The relationship between Development Education and Intercultural Education

By Helen Fitzgerald
This publication explores the commonalities and differences between Development Edcuation and Intercultural Edcuation. This report is available on-line in PDF by clicking the above link or by contacting DICE at jfingleton@cice.ie

Analysis of the Impact of DICE modules in Initial Teacher Education On Students' Knowledge and Views of the Global Dimension in Education

By Helen Fitzgerald
This research report is a small-scale study which was commissioned by DICE. It investigates the impact of DICE modules on student teachers.
This report is available on-line in PDF by clicking the above link or by contacting DICE at jfingleton@cice.ie


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