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Critical Thinking for Development Education

Moving from Evaluation to Research

Dates: October 3rd and 4th 2009
Venue: Lecture Hall I, St. Anthony's and Cairns Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Hosts: DERN, NUI Galway; The Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and
The International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning.
Supported by: Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI), NUI Galway; 

Background to the Conference

Development education and the related fields of global education, global learning, global citizenship and education for sustainable development have grown significantly across Europe over the past decade. Much emphasis has been given to development education’s contribution to building support for development. However with the emergence of a growing network of academics and researchers, there is a recognition of the need move beyond measuring impact in terms of government or NGO agendas, and towards the importance of learning in itself.

Conference Aims

• This conference addressed the extent to which development education, global learning/education and global citizenship are influenced by government and non-governmental organizations priorities;
• Reviewed the extent to which evaluation has been used to legitimise policy and practice;
• Discussed approaches within development education and related fields that have begun to move beyond issues of evaluation and towards broader questions about research and learning processes.  

Target Audience: This conference brought together academics, policymakers and practitioners interested in development education, global education, global citizenship and education for sustainable development. Please follow the link for a  full list of conference delegates and their email addresses. Contributions addressed ways in which critical thinking and new pedagogies can emerge, connecting the practices of development education with theories of learning for a global society. 

Conference themes included:

• Relationship between policy and practice in development education and related areas of global learning and global education;
• Global citizenship;
• Education for sustainable development;
• Approaches towards evaluation and research in development education.

Conference presentations: Below is collection of power point presentations made over the two days and PDF articles of some of those presentations. 

SESSION I PLENARY

Dr Helmuth Hartmeyer
Practice to an Approach towards Learning (ppt)
Practice to an Approach towards Learning (PDF)

SESSION 1A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

Dr Fran Martin
’Global Partnerships as sites for mutual learning: teacher training through N-S study visits (ppt)’.

Alison Leonard
'A Southern perspective on School linking: Learning from Linking?'

Greg Mannion and Hamish Ross
'Education in a Global Space: possible framings and responses to calls for Education for Global Citizenship (ppt)'.

SESSION 1B STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE: CASE STUDIES
 
Dr. David Norcliffe and Sheila Bennell
'Views on the development of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in Wales' (ppt).
'Views on the development of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in Wales' (PDF)

Kasia Szeniawska
'Global citizen - global consumer. Lessons learned from Poland (ppt)'.

Jobo Mantoetse
'Teacher Educators as Agents of Change for Education for Sustainable Education Development - The Case of Lesotho College of Education (ppt)'.

SESSION 2 PLENARY: REFLECTIONS ON EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

Professor William Scott, University of Bath, England
'Sustainability and Learning: Developing Effective Research (ppt)'.
'Sustainability and Learning: Developing Effective Research' (PDF). 

Dr. Claudia Bergmüller, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
'From Evaluation to Research: Description of a continuum in the field of Global Education (ppt)'.

SESSION 2A: HIGHER EDUCATION

Dr. Su-ming Khoo
'Ethical Globalisation or Privileged Internationalisation? (ppt).

Nancy Serrano
'Critical Thinking and Moral Reasoning: A Review of impact assessment tools for education for sustainable education' (ppt)

Dr. Anne Dolan and Sarah Gallwey
'Evaluation as research or research as evaluation' (ppt)'.

Paul Adams
' Playing the Game? Using Occupational Standards, subject  benchmarks and professional validation requirements to create a global dimension' (ppt).

Dr Douglas Bourn
'Challenges for Research in Global Learning and Development Education (ppt)'.

SESSION 3 PLENARY
Prof Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Development Education, University of South Africa.
Development Education at the Transition from the Modern Triage Society to a Moral and Cognitive Reconstruction of Citizenship' (PDF)

Dr. Vanessa Andreotti, School of Maori, Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

SESSION 3A: REPRESENTING THE SOUTH

Kate Lloyd Morgan and Helen Garforth
'Evaluation Findings from ’Makutano Junction in UK Schools Project (ppt)’.

Son Gyoh
'The Role of research and Learning in Mainstreaming Global South Perspectives' (ppt).
The Role of Research and Learning in Mainstreaming Global South Perspectives' (PDF).

Richard Borowski and Jane Plastow LUCAS
’African Voices’ Project: A critical discussion (ppt)'.

Maureen Ellis
'Critical Thinking in cross-disciplinary games: language for development purposes (ppt)'

Pete Mullineaux
'Feeling Our Way (Word Doc)'.

Tania Ramalho
'An Autobiographical Exploration of Development and Global Issues Education' (Word Doc).

For further information about the conference please contact the Conference organisers
Clíonadh O' Keeffe, DERN, clionadh.okeeffenuigalway.ie Tel: +353 (0) 91 493490
or the conference committee
Dr Doug Bourn , Director Development Education Research Centre D.Bournioe.ac.uk, 0780 3170669.
Dr. Su-ming Khoo, Project Leader, DERN, suming.khoonuigalway.ie, 091 49 3643.

Travel to Galway
Galway is situatied on the West Coast of Ireland and can be easily reached by either air, ferry, train, bus or car or a combination of these. To help you find the best access route to suit you, please see the following site for further information. http://www.galway1.ie/faq/distance.htm. Our local airport Galway offers connections to many of the major international airports. Alternatively there are a number of other access points - please see the following links for further information.

Shannon Airport (approx. 1.5 hours by bus/car)
Dublin Airport (approx. 3 hours by car/bus)
Galway Airport (approx 1/2 hour by car/bus)
Knock Airport (approx 1.5 hours by car/bus)
Cork International Airport
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Accommodation
The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) is happy to recommend the following three hotels where NUIG has an agreed rate. We recommend that you book your accommodation well in advance as this is a busy period in Galway. If you wish to book Please see the following links for further information.
The Westwood Hotel
The Harbour Hotel
The House Hotel

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