Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to facilitate cross-cultural linkages between schools in the North and South of Ireland. http://www.dissolvingboundaries.org The Dissolving Boundaries Project allows students from the North and South of Ireland to: Work together on educational projects, Build mutual understanding and friendships that help to work towards good citizenship, and Develop ICT skills …
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This directory is focused on higher education courses relevant to citizenship. Education for citizenship is a pressing issue for policy makers and practitioners, not only in the United Kingdom, but across Europe and, increasingly, much of the world. Many countries across Europe have introduced citizenship into the school curriculum as part of major, ongoing educational …
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This directory is focused on citizenship teacher education. Education for citizenship is a pressing issue for policy makers and practitioners not only in the United Kingdom, but across Europe and, increasingly, much of the world. Many countries across Europe, including England, have introduced citizenship into the school curriculum as part of major, ongoing educational reforms …
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Identifying Citizenship Education INSET Needs [194 Kb] Kind permission from: June Neill (Secondary Adviser) & Anne Marie Poynor (Assistant Advisory Officer- Citizenship Education), Western Education and Library Board, Northern Ireland. Professional Development for Local and Global Citizenship: A Needs Analysis [121 Kb]

This research is concerned primarily with the qualifications required by teachers in post-primary and further education in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It seeks to examine and compare recent developments in the UK (TDA 2007) and Ireland (TCI) around professional teacher standards, and what these actually mean for trainee teachers and the teacher training programmes. Mr …
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To involving four pairs of schools, in each jurisdiction, that have a history of involvement in intercultural and/or multicultural education and where particularly in the N Irish context, cross-community contact is viewed as one important location for making a contribution to such work. To engage Dr Simon Lichman to facilitate residential cross-border professional development with …
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