Welcome to Development Education.ie
WELCOME to our website, a development and human rights education resource maintained by a consortium of organisations based in Ireland, including: 80:20 Educating & Acting for a Better World, Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, IDEA, Irish Aid, National Youth Council of Ireland, Self-Help Africa and Trócaire.
This website contains a broad range of materials exploring a variety of development issues and topics such as genocide or fair trade, etc., that are discussed and debated, materials and ideas for teachers and educators, using cartoons and photographs in education for example, campaign actions such as on the Millennium Development Goals or Child Labour, plus a range of other materials including photo stories, Top 10s, annotated links, world book reviews and much, much more. We hope that you will enjoy exploring...
Teachers and Educators
This section has been designed to support teachers and educators in exploring development and human rights issues.
Materials for Primary Education
The teaching materials in this section have been developed By DICE to support teacher educators in introducing Education for Sustainable Development to student teachers.
Materials for Transition Year Education
A Development Education course for Transition Year Students was initiated in response to requests from schools wanting to integrate development/global issues within their overall school programme
An adult education resource developed for tutors and students in adult basic education to link and learn about a variety of development issues including, hunger, landmine, safe water, Fair Trade, etc.
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It has been almost 30 years since HIV and AIDS was first recognised and diagnosed. HIV and AIDS has since spread at an alarming rate globally and now affects most countries in the world, but none so much as sub-Saharan Africa.
Water is a necessary commodity for survival and a fundamental human right, yet many parts of the world today...
Whenever ethical consumption is mentioned, the first thing that crosses many people's minds is 'fair trade'. But EC is about...
Through the use of photography and story telling, this report explores the human face behind the statistics of HIV and AIDS and it's impact in Zambia.
This section covers some of the fundamental issues surrounding sustainable development and climate change.
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LATEST FROM THE BLOG
- 17th May - World Information Society Day
- 15th May - International Day of Families
- 10th May - Mother's Day
- 5th May - International Day of the Midwife
- 29th May - International Day of UN Peace Keepers
- 25th May - Africa Day
- 22nd May - International Day for Biological Diversity
- 21st May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
