Teaching global perspectives
Subtitle: introducing student teachers to development education
By: Tamzin J. Batteson and Roland Tormey, editors
Publisher: Liffey Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781908308115
Subjects: Student teachers; Research; Teachers; Training of; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Teacher educators; Education; Aims and objectives
Description: "This book draws from the diverse range of action research projects that have been undertaken by Teacher Educators involved in the network during the period from May 2008-2010. Furthermore, it provides an account of Teacher Educators' endeavours to integrate Development Education into their teaching and professional practice"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Nature of disciplines and interdisciplinary knowledge (NODI). Subject disciplines, interdisciplinary and education for sustainable development; title: Biology as a subject discipline: implications for integrating development education; title: Technology as a discipline: a case study; title: Home economics as a discipline: development education and pedagogical practice. Part 2: Theory, pedagogy and the curriculum: integrating development education into the classroom. "Taking responsibility for the collective good" : integrating ESD into CSPE teacher's professional development. Part 3: Active learning methodologies and effective teaching practice. Seeing the 'other'; title: Changing landscapes: integrating development education issues into the art, craft and design curriculum; title: ESD, PBL and arts-based approaches for learning geographic concepts; title: Visual stories: art and design teacher education; title: Using drama in education: developing pre-service English teachers' capacity to teach social justice; title: A literacy event in an English pedagogy class: reading A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Part 4: Current themes: ICT, media literacy and development education. ICT-enabled education for sustainable development; title: Film and film clips in the development education classroom; title: Disrupting a passion for ignorance: exploring development themes using a critical (media) literacy framework.