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Devon
Development Education
DDE seeks to promote the global dimension to education.
It is responsible for delivering a series of projects and
programmes to schools and colleges throughout Devon,
Torbay and Plymouth. See the table below for our current projects and
programmes in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.
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Food for Thought
Primary
One of the longest running and most
successful DDE projects involving school linking between Devon
primary schools and
schools in two
districts
in Uganda. The project is successfully teaching
children about the importance of sustainable food production.
Click here for details.
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Coping with Conflict
Secondary
A three year project involving the development
of a framework for enabling young people in the UK to connect with
the lives of young people
in
conflict
situations in Uganda and Palestine. Click
here for details.
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Model United Nations Assemblies
Secondary and sixth form
Three highly successful Model United
Nations Assemblies have been held in North Devon, Exeter and Torbay
with a further Assembly planned for Plymouth in autumn 2008.
The Assemblies involve students taking the part of UN delegates
from various countries debating climate change and the Millennium
Development Goals. Click
here for
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Cultural Champions
Primary, secondary and adult
An
innovative Development Education programme, designed to give children and
young people in Devon a better understanding of cultures
and countries around the world through encountering
people from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. The
core of the programme is a training course for a group
of 8-12 people from BME backgrounds in Exeter and Devon,
to enable them to run interactive sessions about their
country /culture in schools and beyond, on a paid basis. Click
here for details.
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Global Citizenship in Special Schools
Primary and secondary
A 12 month
project involving global dimension
curriculum development for special schools in Devon and Uganda. Click
here for details. |
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Fairtrade in schools
Primary and secondary
For the 2nd year, DDE ran conferences on becoming
a Fairtrade School during Fairtrade Fortnight in March 2007. School
Council members were targeted and the focus was on action
planning to become a Fairtrade school. Click
here for details.
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The Calabash Club and Spinning Globe
Pre-school and infants
A
project involving a decorated story tent which provides a magical
setting for traditional folk
tales and stories from around the
world. The stories and related atrefacts and art and craft activities
aim to capture the imagination of young
minds and start them off on a
journey
of discovery. Click
here for a photo montage and further details.
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Other projects and programmes
Here is list of previous projects delivered through DDE and the Global
Centre, or projects that have close links with us.
Play
it Cool: Climate awareness
in North Devon
Play it Cool was a DEFRA funded project which sought
to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change in North Devon and
help schools
and communities to respond.
The project offered schools in North Devon & Torridge
free training for both teachers and pupil educators and provided speakers
for schools and public events. The project also offered tailor made classroom
sessions for both primary and secondary schools. Click
here for further details.
Edible Gardens in Schools
Edible Gardens in Schools (EGS) offers hands-on workshops to schools in Devon,
to help schools establish sustainable, organic vegetable gardens within their
grounds.
The project is developing a teaching resource to go with the practical
work, linking work in the garden to the curriculum. Activities include
building raised beds, building compost bins and Spring seed sowing.
For more details about workshop visit the Edible
Gardens website
The White Rabbit Theatre
This Theatre-In-Education company have close links with DDE. They visit schools
with thought provoking fair trade/justice related theatre. The company are
committed to raising political literacy amongst students, now an important
requirement of the citizenship curriculum.
The creative and interactive drama methods used by White Rabbit enable
students to explore complex citizenship issues in an exciting and accessible
way.
White Rabbit offer a 15 minute performance, timed to fit within an assembly,
and a one hour workshop using the performance as a springboard to explore
the issues raised, giving students the experience of learning through
exciting theatrical techniques and games.
For
further details visit the White
Rabbit Theatre Group website.
Global News
This was a three year project funded by the Department for International
Development (DFID) which concluded in 2006. However, the Global
News website offers a wide range of resources and activities that encourage
students to take a critical look at world news using the internet as a key
resource. Using on-line English language newspapers and news services from
around the world, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Post 16 students learn about
important social, environmental and political issues.
A series of classroom activities are available through the website and
have been designed to address key learning objectives in citizenship,
ICT, geography, English and RE.
Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
DDE co-ordinates the Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth
and Torbay. This is the 5th year of this EES (Enabling
Effective Support for the global dimension of education in schools)
DFID-funded work. We have been working with other Glens in the SW
region to apply
for
another 5 year grant from DFID (Department for International Development).
During 2006/7, the major work was planning and running
the highly successful Global Citizenship Conference in May. 110 people
applied
to attend, despite having to pay for a place (£30 a head).
Professor David Hicks from Bath Spa University gave the key note
address, pointing out
the importance of Futures Education.
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