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Challenging Perspectives
Teaching Globalisation and Diversity in the Knowledge Society
Rapporteur: Máirín Wilson
Congratulations!!!
Great & wonderful perspectives represented Those attending Those presenting Approaches to the various themes
All converging on teaching globalisation and diversity in the knowledge society.
Can confirm that the conference theme was realised.
The elephant ?
What we know…… At the end of this conference we know that there is
general agreement that teaching globalisation and diversity is important.
We agree that we live in a knowledge society and acknowledge that this implies a huge complexity both in teaching… and beyond that into life itself!
The conference experience confirms that we have all the corners and the edge pieces of the jigsaw…. But it would seem that we are unclear just yet as to what the complete picture might look like…..
Education:We are in a College of Education…dedicated to
education that is inclusive, person centred and respectful.
Power of education to give us a particular perspective. A developmental framework like Awareness ….learning …..action.
What IS the current agenda? Reminded that young people translate learning into
their own, personalised, cultural framework and identity around the core issue of belonging
In Initial Teacher Education (ITE)- the duty to prepare students and the reality of Irish classrooms was a big consideration in some sessions.
Big Themes: Such as:
Education – the Irish experience
Knowing….. identity & belonging
Media- in all its forms…
Global perspectives…..
Different lenses:
in The (national) curriculum
Print, Photo and Film
Using IT in all its forms
The classroom
The 21st Century World
Conference themes:
KEY FOCUS
Knowledge society
Language around diversity
Diversity
BalanceMultiple ways
of engaging
Story telling(Opening windows)
Dialogue
Perspective(Unpacking)
Concepts & isms
Complexityof….
Needs identified:
- Bridging the IT generation gap
Clarifying the concepts further
Greater perspective consciousness
Finding the space for the dialogue to happen
Terminology:
Integration Assimilation…. Multiculturalism…. Interculturalism
Development Diversity Knowledge Society Technology
Key arenas – The knowledge society A framework for the conference
Increasingly small world and the duty to equip students with the skills and knowledge to access that world
Information technology – a new learning tool?
Moving from the notion of knowledge as an object to the idea of knowledge as a process.
The Print Media:
Power of the media to present events, people and even cultural groups in a particular way
Media literacy : Need to develop students as critical media users
‘Thinking’ Mavens!
A Political issue:
All …’isms’ needing the backing of government policy, programmes and funding;
Different voices and perspectives are a key part of the political dialogue that needs to occur.
Some Mis-conceptions:
That learning about issues, engaging in active learning methodologies will of itself necessarily develop global citizens
That the development education and intercultural education are two halves of the one whole
That there is only one right answer That there are lots of right answers That old is bad and new is good
Some quotes…
Important task foreducators is to guide pupils to the truth.
Chinedu
Change is a constant in society…. We need a space to negotiate diversity.
Kensika & others
Learning is at the heart of the framework and It’s not an instrument for social change.
Douglas
Building bridges instead of minding the gap!
Daithí
Some quotes…
What constitutes high value and low value resources in teaching methodologies?
Son Gyoh
Seán & Nell
…this lack of education contributes at times to racism and to the alienation of children.
Ronan
Children's’ lives in a globalised society can be linked to language learning and literacy development in the primary classroom.
Unknown territory
Matthias
Some quotes…
We need to let education happen.
Daithí
We know what we perceive, we don’t know what we don’t perceive. So there is no way we can know what we don’t perceive.
Lizzie
There is an intersection of education for development with media literacy.
Jerry
Save the World DAY!
Douglas
Some quotes…
We require different competencies than we did 20 years ago as the world has become increasingly complex.
Douglas & others
We must weave technology into the curriculum so that it disappears.
Daithí
The interactive whiteboard can bring the global visually into the classroom
It is a dual iceberg model
BarbaraAnna & Deirdre
Some quotes…
I am that Patrick!
Anne
You visit me and you are an honoured guest. I visit you and I am a resource.
Douglas
Thank you for that Thomas!
Everyone!
I actually did what I said in the abstract !
Brian
And finally…
Chinedu,
Anne
( & Obama)
Yes we can!Yes we can!