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The DICE Project

The DICE Project. Development Education and Intercultural Education within Initial Teacher Education. What is DICE?. DICE is a cross-college initiative, funded by Irish Aid in the Department of Foreign Affairs

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The DICE Project

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  1. The DICE Project Development Education and Intercultural Education within Initial Teacher Education

  2. What is DICE? • DICE is a cross-college initiative, funded by Irish Aid in the Department of Foreign Affairs • Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries

  3. The Colleges of Education DICE operates in the five colleges of education in Ireland:

  4. Aims of DICE DICE has as its central aim the embedding of development education and intercultural education as essential elements of initial teacher education

  5. Themes of Development Education • ‘State of the world’ knowledge, local & global • Relationships between the Global North and the Global South • The causes and consequences of global poverty and underdevelopment • Aid, debt & trade • Human rights and responsibilities • Equality, inequality and social justice • Peace, conflict and resolution • Migration, asylum and refugee systems • The environment and environmental sustainability

  6. Themes of Intercultural Education • Identity and the role of identity • Different cultures, value systems, religions, languages, political systems • Diversity and similarity across systems • Human rights and responsibilities • Equality and inequality • Social justice • Racism, prejudice, and discrimination • Migration, asylum and refugee systems

  7. DICE Activities • Construction of a DICE Website (www.diceproject.ie) • Development of a mobile DICE Library • Annual Resource Fairs in each of the 5 Colleges • Biannual Conference, national & international speakers • Production of a DICE DVD for use in primary classrooms • Continuous Professional Development (CPD) events within all the Colleges • Research on themes of relevance to the DICE agenda • Contribution to national debate on relevant issues • Linking with National Agencies and NGOs • Frequent meetings of the Management Committee, and of the Network of DICE College Lecturers

  8. Stay in touch! Aoife Titley DICE Programme Manager Ph: 086 3217383 Email: atitley@cice.ie www.diceproject.ie

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