For five December days a group of six Global Education practitioners from the Baltic states and Slovenia had a chance to visit Development Education centres (DEC) and different NGOs in London, Reading and Oxford to learn more about the theory and practice of „the global dimension“ in the UK education sphere.
Highlights of the trip included visiting a „global school“, St. Mary’s and St John’s elementary school, where global was present in the school ethos and practice in a very natural way through cherishing the ethnic and religious richness of the pupils and making links between local and global in the study work. This school was one of the pilot schools in a project by the RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre), an inspiring centre in itself to see – a living example that you start from very little and gradually build up someth
ing sustainable and remarkable: a centre with a restaurant, global shop, study centre and so much more (worth a visit: http://www.risc.org.uk/). However, as the participants also learned in a national seminar for DECs on the final day of the trip, „Global schools“ are piloted also by other DECs, and the concept could become a national standard in the long term.
The assessment on the relevance and usefulness of the trip was very positive among the participants: it gave better idea on what Global Education means in practice, examples of methods and materials that work well in formal and in adult education, new contacts between Baltic, Slovenian and UK organisations, and ideas on how to organise a Development Education training and resource centres. And, inspiration and motivation to work in this field. As a follow-up there will be articles on the UK experience in education related journals in the respective countries, thus contributing to a better understanding of global education among teachers and education administration in countries where the whole concept of global education is completely new.
The trip was organised by an Estonian NGO, Jaan Tõnisson Institute, in close cooperation with Oxfam UK Education team and supported financially by TRIALOG.
Information provided by Johanna Helin, Global Education project manager, Jaan Tõnisson Institute
ing sustainable and remarkable: a centre with a restaurant, global shop, study centre and so much more (worth a visit: http://www.risc.org.uk/). However, as the participants also learned in a national seminar for DECs on the final day of the trip, „Global schools“ are piloted also by other DECs, and the concept could become a national standard in the long term.The assessment on the relevance and usefulness of the trip was very positive among the participants: it gave better idea on what Global Education means in practice, examples of methods and materials that work well in formal and in adult education, new contacts between Baltic, Slovenian and UK organisations, and ideas on how to organise a Development Education training and resource centres. And, inspiration and motivation to work in this field. As a follow-up there will be articles on the UK experience in education related journals in the respective countries, thus contributing to a better understanding of global education among teachers and education administration in countries where the whole concept of global education is completely new.
The trip was organised by an Estonian NGO, Jaan Tõnisson Institute, in close cooperation with Oxfam UK Education team and supported financially by TRIALOG.
Information provided by Johanna Helin, Global Education project manager, Jaan Tõnisson Institute
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