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An Introduction to Development Education Dublin City University

An Introduction to Development Education Dublin City University 26 th February 2013 Deirdre Hogan, Ubuntu Network Coordinator deirdre.hogan@ul.ie ; www.ubuntu.ie , 061 233289. The Ubuntu Network.

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An Introduction to Development Education Dublin City University

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  1. An Introduction to Development EducationDublin City University 26th February 2013Deirdre Hogan, Ubuntu Network Coordinator deirdre.hogan@ul.ie; www.ubuntu.ie, 061 233289

  2. The Ubuntu Network • Established: 2005, based at the University of Limerick (Department of Education & Professional Studies) • Aim: To integrate Development Education into post primary ITE in Ireland. • Involves 13 teacher education colleges – DCU, UCD, NCAD, Mater Dei, TCD, NUIM, UL, LIT-Tipperary, LSAD, UCC, CIT (Crawford), NUIG, St. Angela’s College. • Funded by Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs since 2005. • ‘Ubuntu’ – an African word (Zulu) representing a philosophy of cooperation, community and concern for the interests of the collective.

  3. What is Development?

  4. What is ‘development’??? • Many perspectives… difficult to define • Progression…? • Becoming more advanced or complex…? • Improving by expanding…? • Resulting in more and better…? • How our societies develop, how our nations develop… • What makes a country ‘developed’?

  5. What is ‘development’ to you?

  6. What is ‘development’ to you? Services Education Enterprise &Trade Energy Justice Food Security Infrastructure Medicine Peace Democracy Freedom Technology Choice

  7. What is ‘development’ to you? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Development Pyramid

  8. The Development Compass Rose:A framework for raising questions http://www.tidec.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2c.50%20Compass%20rose.pdf

  9. What is ‘development’??? Natural (Env) – green energy, freshwater ecosystems damages Economic – Energy to homes & businesses, increased shipping capacity… Who decides? gov, people, international policy?… Social – forced relocation, destruction of ancestral homes, flooding behind dam.

  10. What is ‘development’??? Natural (Env) – energy efficient, convenience, materials used…? Who decides? consumer, builder, banks, planning authorities…? Economic – jobs, taxes…? Social – identity,urbanisation, Service provision, personal debt…?

  11. Perspectives on Developmentdevelopment V preservation • Consider social, economic, environmental, political… • But also culture/tradition… • What values do we uphold? What compromises do we make?

  12. Perspectives on Developmentdevelopment and underdevelopment • "we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of ourscientific advancesand industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. …More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approachingmisery. Their food is inadequate. They are victims of disease. Their economic life isprimitive and stagnant.Their poverty is ahandicapand a threat both to them and to more prosperous areas. For the first time in history, humanity possesses theknowledge and skillto relieve suffering of these people.” President Harry Truman, 1949 Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address, 20 January 1949, in Documents on American Foreign Relations, Connecticut: Princeton University Press, 1967

  13. Perspectives on Developmentthe creation of ‘underdevelopment’ “on that day 2 billion people became underdeveloped… from that time on, they ceased being what they were, in all their diversity, and were transmogrified into an inverted mirror of others’ reality: … a mirror that belittles them and send them off to the end of the queue, … a mirror that defines their identity, which is really that of a heterogenous and diverse majority, simply in the terms of a homogenizing narrow minority”. Gustavo Esteva (in Sachs, W. 2010, p.2) W. Sachs, 2010, (ed.) The Development Dictionary: a Guide to Knowledge as Power, 2nd Edition, London: Zed Books.

  14. Perspectives on DevelopmentModernisation theory • Economic view • Modernisation ideas:

  15. Perspectives on DevelopmentDependency 5:50:500 Give and take, mostly take… http://www.developmenteducation.ie/5-50-500/

  16. Perspectives on Developmentgrassroots development • e.g. Grameen Bank (GB) • removed the need for collateral, • bank is based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. • provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh. • October, 2011: • 2,565 branches covering 97 % of total villages • 8.349 million borrowers, • 97 % are women Weaving is one of the industries supported by the bank. Image from http://www.grameen.com

  17. Perspectives on DevelopmentThe origins and impact of Debt • Debt: IMF & World Bank - issuing of loans to ‘developing countries’, • Loans to developing countries from OPEC countries and private banks in 1960s • Drop in prices of commodities (e.g. coffee, cotton, copper), increased in tariffs, increases in interest rates – difficult to service loans • 1982 Mexico unable to pay • Debt crisis, Structural Adjustment Programmes Available to download at: http://www.ubuntu.ie/teaching-resources.html

  18. Perspectives on DevelopmentSustainable Development • Sustainable Development: is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Report, 1987) • It identified 3 components to sustainable development: economic growth, environmental protection, and social equity, and suggested that all three could be achieved by gradually changing the ways in which we develop and use technologies (Environmental Literacy Council, 2006). Bruntland, G (ed) (1987) Our Common Future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Environmental Literacy Council, 2006, Available at http://www.enviroliteracy.org/, accessed 22-01-07.

  19. Perspectives on DevelopmentHow it is measured • Economic Only:World Bank measures GNI or GDP (%) • UNDP:Human Development Index (HDI) measures Education, Health, Population, Economy (0-1) • Gini Factor:Measures inequality in a country (0-100) • The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI),10 factors including nutrition and sanitation • The Happy Planet – an index of human well-being and environmental impact

  20. Perspectives on DevelopmentHow it is measured - HDI

  21. Perspectives on DevelopmentHow it is measured - HDI

  22. Perspectives on DevelopmentHow it is measured – Gini Index (measures equality) Norway – 25 Australia – 30.5 Netherlands – 30.9 United States - 45 New Zealand – 36.2 Canada – 32.1 Ireland - 33.9 Lichtenstein - x Germany - 27 Sweden - 23 0 = perfectly equal 100 = perfectly unequal

  23. Perspectives on Development Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) • Years of Schooling: deprived if no household member has completed 5 yrs of schooling • Child School Attendance: deprived if any school-aged child is not attending school up to class 8 • Child Mortality: deprived if any child has died in the family • Nutrition: deprived if any adult or child for whom there is nutritional information is malnourished • Electricity: deprived if the household has no electricity • Sanitation: deprived if the household’s sanitation facility is not improved (according to MDG guidelines), or it is improved but shared with other households • Drinking Water: deprived if the household does not have access to safe drinking water (according to MDG guidelines) or safe drinking water is more than a 30-minute walk from home roundtrip • Floor: deprived if the household has a dirt, sand or dung floor • Cooking Fuel: deprived if the household cooks with dung, wood or charcoal • Assets: ownership: deprived if the household does not own more than one radio, TV, telephone, bike, motorbike or refrigerator and does not own a car or truck • nutrition and sanitation

  24. Perspectives on Development Happy Planet Index 78: Ireland – 42.6

  25. Perspectives on Development …one definition Development is “growing social inclusion through rising living standards, meaningful employment, active political and social participation and a satisfying cultural life, extending to all sectors of society and thus widening life choices and possibilities for the great majority. (Kirby, P. 1997) Kirby, P. (1997) Poverty Amid Plenty: World and Irish Development Considered Dublin: Trócaire

  26. Development is unequal 32:1 http://www.developmenteducation.ie/blog/2012/05/consumption-in-a-world-of-321-%E2%80%93-our-new-animation/

  27. Development is unequal Image from 80:20 Development in an Unequal World, edition 6, 2012

  28. Some figures (7 billion is world pop.) 69 million:no primary education 3 billion:live on less than $2.50/day 1 billion:live in chronic hunger & poverty 33 million:living with HIV/AIDS 33 million:displaced people in 110 countries

  29. And locally, in Ireland… 762,000:in mortgage arrears (June ’12) 700,000:living in poverty 3,800:homeless 432,900:unemployed

  30. “People in developing countries, whose contribution to global warming has been miniscule, are feeling the impacts of climate change first and worst” Oxfam (2007), Turning Up the Heat: Climate Change and Poverty in Uganda Image from Oxfam 2007 report

  31. Ireland is also experiencing changes in weather patterns

  32. Combating inequalities of development:Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals http://www.endpoverty2015.org

  33. Combating inequalities of development:Irish Aid – Overseas Development Aid (ODA)… • 2011 was €659 million - 0.52 % GNP • 2010 was €671.4 million - 0.52 % GNP • 2009 was €722 million - 0.54 % GNP • 2008 was €920 million - ? % GP • 2000 was €254 million - 0.3% of GNP • EU target is 0.7% of GNP by 2015 • Image: 2009 Irish Aid Annual Report

  34. Ireland - Overseas Development Aid Irish Aid has 9 priority countries Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  35. Overseas DevelopmentAid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

  36. Overseas DevelopmentAid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

  37. Overseas DevelopmentAid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

  38. Overseas DevelopmentAid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

  39. Combating inequalities of development:NGO work… Self Help Africa (Ireland) “On a continent where up to 75% of people rely on small-scale agriculture for their survival, we believe that it is only by tackling the challenges faced by rural farming communities that real and sustained economic progress can be made across sub-Saharan Africa. Action for Development (Uganda) Action for Development is an indigenous, voluntary, non-governmental women's organization working to have women’s voices heard in the community.

  40. Combating inequalities of development:Grassroots development projects… • e.g. Grameen Bank (GB) • removed the need for collateral, • bank is based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. • provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh. • October, 2011: • 2,565 branches covering 97 % of total villages • 8.349 million borrowers, • 97 % are women Weaving is one of the industries supported by the bank. Image from http://www.grameen.com

  41. Combating inequalities of development:Campaigning and Advocacy… • Make poverty history, 2005 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFfIIW_xQq4 • “A child dies completely unnecessarily as a result of extreme poverty every 3 seconds” • Celebrity endorsements

  42. What is Development Education?

  43. Development Education • Origins of Development Education • Development Education in Ireland & Irish Aid • Ubuntu Network – www.ubuntu.ie • DICE Project – www.diceproject.ie • World Wise Global Schools – http://www.worldwiseschools.net/ • www.DevelopmentEducation.ie – www.developmenteducation.ie • Irish Development Education Association - http://www.ideaonline.ie/ • Close associations – EE, ESD, Citizenship Ed, Human Rights education…

  44. Development Education “an educational process aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of the rapidly changing, interdependent and unequal world in which we live …it seeks to engage people in analysis, reflection and action for local and global citizenship and participation …it is about supporting people in understanding and acting to transform the social, cultural, political and economic structures which affect their lives at personal, community, national and international levels”. Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  45. Topics include… Sustainability, Conflict, Cultural Awareness, Climate Change, Poverty, Inequality, Debt, Injustice, Development, International Trade Regulations, Aid, Environmental protection and preservation, Refugees, Climate Justice, Education for All, Good governance, HIV and AIDs, Health Provision & Immunization, Access to Safe Water, Food security, Hunger, Multicultural Societies, Gender Equality, Right to freedom of thought,conscience and religion, The right to work, Energy supply, Management of natural resources, Ethical consumption, Genocide, Millennium Development Goals Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  46. How to approach Development Ed… • What you teach – integrating DE into aspects of your subject area. See NCCA document at http://www.developmenteducation.ie/resources/development-education/a-study-of-the-opportunities-for-development-education-at-senior-cycle.html • How you teach it – use active participatory teaching strategies, current news stories, imagery, multimedia… • Your professional practice– act fairly and be aware of sustainable practices

  47. Learning Outcomes for DE … Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

  48. Challenges - Development Ed… • Challenges the root causes of under-development, not just the symptoms. (Bryan, 2011) • Going beyond DE that is ‘fundraising, fasting and fun’. (Bryan, 2011) • Recognising negative stereotyping of the developing world (Dochas, 2010) • Do we (or our curriculum) have a eurocentric view of development? Do we see development as ‘modernisation’. (Freeman, 2011)

  49. Why teach Development Education?

  50. Consider – the purpose of education? Multiple roles of education? “The State's role in education arises as part of its overall concern to achieve economic prosperity, social well-being and a good quality of life within a democratically structured society. This concern affirms fundamental human values and confers on the State a responsibility to protect the rights of individuals and to safeguard the common good. Education is a right for each individual and a means to enhancing well-being and quality of life for the whole of society.” DES (1995) White Paper, Charting Our Education Future. Dublin: Government Publications Office

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