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YOU, ME, DIVERSITY.......

Prejudice. Oppressed Marginalised. Language. Cultural Differences. Power. At home Abroad. Human Rights Children’sRights. YOU, ME, DIVERSITY. Racism. Development. The ‘Other’. Homophobia. Equality. The Purpose of Education. Teacher Educators. Exploring, Challenging

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YOU, ME, DIVERSITY.......

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  1. Prejudice Oppressed Marginalised Language Cultural Differences Power At home Abroad Human Rights Children’sRights YOU, ME, DIVERSITY....... Racism Development The ‘Other’ Homophobia Equality The Purpose of Education Teacher Educators Exploring, Challenging Celebrating Trade

  2. Themes Springboard Diversity The Local and the Global Reflective Space Questions

  3. Mirror work… • Invitation to hold a mirror to ourselves • You • Me • and Diversity (P Travers)

  4. Invitation Reflect here! Converse Network Think critically

  5. ‘Things being various’ McNeice Education is about moral practice and we may agree on the basics but… There is an intricate relation between the religious and the ethic and the civic Who forms the citizen? Education is never neutral – asked the question around the purpose of education Liberalism Civics CHANGE EDUCATION Ethics Religion Jones Irwin

  6. On Friday evening. . . . ‘Teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish will not feed him for life or help send his daughter to College unless he knows how to market his fish.’ ‘Paradox preaching tolerance, open-ness and understanding in an environment that is not.’ ‘What do the symbols in our environment suggest about who is welcome?’ ‘Society is more advanced than our education system’ ‘ Children assimilate social attitudes..they know fairness and unfairness.’

  7. Book launches and Research Learning to Read the World ? Teaching and Learning About Global and international Development in Post-Primary Schools by Audrey Bryan and Melíosa Bracken • Actionable Post Colonial Theory in Education by Professor Andreotti de Oliviera with posters and art on Traveller Narratives and Delivering Citizenship Education Of Educators To develop an ethical engagement with the ‘Other’

  8. Language Language Labels Stereotypes The perceptions and assumptions and values that are embedded in language Language as a means of giving voice to The bewilderment in families when children have a world that parents can’t share. The challenges of.. The power of …. Honouring the skills and knowledge of Parents (and children) Dual Language books

  9. Research based work - Evidence To unpick the assumptions in our classes, schools, our colleges of education and country Time to Interrogate questions Ethical research with children – checking with them. Do we understand our accountability?? The importance of deconstructing the concepts of identity, diversity Paternalistic discourse around children

  10. In Practice – How…….

  11. Quotes…. And then they realised that they were on the same page…I belong Prejudice is a group process We are more similar than we think People are afraid of diversity and equality issues. Children are passionate advocates for justice How culturally competent are you?

  12. Post-its Awareness,respect Everyone suffers Tokenistic interculturalism What do we mean by development? Teacher Education!! It would be a win –win! situation

  13. Challenging comments.. Vanessa • We need to be able to make different mistakes • Beyond competencies to dispositions • To understand our ‘caravan’ and create possibilities for our backpacks

  14. Final comments • Time to rock the boat Jones Irwin

  15. Rappateur Report you DICE – Bags of Learning....

  16. The Springboard… Diversity at home is the springboard to exploring diversity abroad This conference has pointed the way to the need for more dialogue, more research, more conversations, more work….

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