A Call for Proposals to integrate Development Education into post primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes

2018-2019The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, 7th September 2018

Please submit to deirdre.hogan@ul.ie

Please refer to the ‘Projects Proposals Background Document, June 2018’ for guidelines.

The Ubuntu Network is funded by the Development Education and Civil Society Section of Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland.

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Section 1: Background Information

Details…

1.1 Member Institution

1.2 Name of Project Leader(s)

1.3 Name of other teacher educators involved

1.4 Programme and Year 1.5 Approx. # of Student Teachers

1.6 Approx. # Dev Ed contact hours

E.g. PME, Year 1

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Section 2: Overview of the Project

2.1 Please provide a brief summary of the proposed project.

Section 3: Integration of Development Education

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Project proposals should reflect the Ubuntu Network Framework for the Integration of Development Education into ITE (Appendix 1). Please provide details of planned activities associated with the areas of the framework listed below.

Component If yes, please explain (briefly in bullet form).

3.1 Will student teachers be introduced to the concept of Development Education and the Sustainable Development Goals?

3.2 Will Development Education be aligned with other mandatory components of ITE as stipulated by the Teaching Council (Appendix 2)?

3.3 Will student teachers explore Development Education within the teaching of their school subject(s)?

3.4 Will student teachers engage with Development Education while on School Placement? (indicate optional/ compulsory)

3.5 Will Development Education feature in student reflections and/or the Professional Portfolio? (indicate optional/ compulsory)

3.6 Will student teachers be supported to conduct research on a Development Education theme?

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Section 4: Collaboration4.1 The Ubuntu Network 2020 strategy promotes a collaborative approach to strengthen Development Education provision in ITE.

Please indicate if (and how) you plan to engage with other parties to complete this project. See Appendix 3 for potential options.

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Section 5: Capacity Building 5.1 Each funded project is encouraged to host a dialogue-focused event that aligns with the project and that invites fellow Ubuntu Assembly Members and local interested parties to participate. Please provide details of your proposed event here.

Event Title

Nature of proposed event

Facilitators/Speakers

Target Audience

Scheduling (month, year)

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Section 6: Research & Measuring Impact The Ubuntu Network has a strong focus on measuring the impact of Development Education projects on student teachers’ capacity to engage with Development Education and apply it in their work.

[NEW] In 2018-2019, each project leader will be responsible for devising an approach to measuring the impact of their planned interventions. This may include a mixture of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. It must include the dissemination of 6 Ubuntu specific questions in post-intervention data collection; these questions align with the Irish Aid Performance Measurement Framework which is available at: https://www.irishaid.ie/media/irishaid/allwebsitemedia/60aboutirishaid/Irish-Aid-DevEd-Strategy-PMF.pdf .

6.1 Please outline how you intend to measure the impact of the proposed project

Research/Measuring Activity Timeline

6.2 [NEW] Some research personnel (limited) will be available in the Spring 2019 semester to support measuring impact. If you would like to avail of research support for your project, please indicate so here.

Yes No Not sure

Section 7: Dialogue & Reporting

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Dialogue and sharing of learning are central to the operation of the Ubuntu Network and are a key part of project reporting. All project leaders must ensure that they are in a position to meet the reporting requirements below listed below.

Yes √

No X

7.1 As project leader, I will provide interim (January 2019) and final reports (May 2019) within the time specified.7.2 I will partake in the annual Assembly meetings in January 2019 and the annual Dialogue Day in May 2019.7.3 I will provide evidence of student teachers’ work e.g. sample assignments, portfolio entries, lesson plans, blogs. (May/June 2019)7.4 I will provide a signed Record of Spending Report compiled the Accounts department of my Higher Education Institution(June 2019)

Section 8: Budget & In-Kind costs

8.1 Please provide an outline of costs relating to the Development Education project. See Projects Proposals Background Document, June 2018, p. 3 for a list of eligible costs.

Costs Pertaining to the Proposed Project (€)

Delivery of Development Education (Section 3 & 4)

Capacity Building (Section 5)

Research/Measuring Impact/Sharing (Section 6)

TOTAL8.2 Please quantify the ‘in-kind’ contribution that you and your institution will make to this project.

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Activity Calculation of ‘in-kind’ contribution (€)

Staff time (Number of hrs/days x Cost per hr/day)Costs or expenses (claimed from institution other than Ubuntu) Other?

TOTAL

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Appendix 1 – Ubuntu Network Framework for the Integration of Development Education into Initial Teacher Education

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Appendix 2 – Mandatory Elements of Programmes of ITE

Taken from p 14 of the 2011 Teaching Council publication, Criteria and Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/Publications/Teacher-Education/Initial-Teacher-Education-Criteria-and-Guidelines-for-Programme-Providers.pdf

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Appendix 3 – Sample Collaboration Options

Engage with… to…

Other Teacher Ed. Institutions

Collaboratively design/delivery Development Education related interventions in the ITE programme.Engage in collaborative research on Development Education or a related topic.

NGOs Provide Dev Ed related input to the ITE programme.Explore placement options for students.Provide capacity building for staff.

Suas Involve student/staff in a Suas 8x8 exhibition.Involve student/staff in a Suas film festival.Involve students in the Ideas Collective project. Direct student to SUAS’s extracurricular programmes offered in your institution.

World Wise Global Schools

Make student teachers aware of potential projects and active teachers in their schools.Involve student teachers in the World Wise Global Schools Annual Conference.Engage in some joint research on Development Education in schools.

NCCA Involve student teachers in consultations on Subject Specifications/curriculum reform.

Local/ specialist Organisations

Input/advise the ITE programme in any way.

Capacity building of staff/peer learning.Explore an issue or area of work.

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