The Irish Development Education Association is a member-based network of individuals and organisations involved in the provision or support of development education in Ireland. This presentation introduces development education and explores some key issues involved in DE.
2. Development - Education Development Education Development Co-operation (an overall agenda, not just aid, includes trade, Policy Coherence, etc.) Formal Education (national education, curriculum, teacher education, etc.) Non- Formal Education (youth work, adult and community sector, ...) Official Development Aid (an instrument for development) Citizenship Education (engagement in public affairs, civil society, living democracy) Development Studies (the academic study of..) Critical Pedagogy and Critical literacy (academic study of ...)
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9. Development Effectiveness Effective Aid, PCD, citizens’ empowerment and public mobilisation HRBA Promoting the right & responsibility to enact own development DEAR Skills, knowledge and competences for a just and sustainable future PCD Addressing causes, not symptoms of poverty Critical aid assessment Broad ownership for development Public mobilisation & advocacy Diagram: DEAR and current development paradigms Empowerment of people Evidence for change processes Legal, institutional and conceptual framework