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This workshop aims to equip educators with practical strategies and tools to address and respond to microaggressions and racial prejudice in the classroom.

An overview of Global Passport Award and application, with any questions answered.

Ethics and Sustainability in Business Worldwise Global Schools (WWGS) can support teaching and learning in the Senior Cycle Business classroom. WWGS are working with Oide to assist teachers with the cross-cutting theme of ethics and sustainability. Workshop Resources Video recording Please, find a recording of WorldWise Global Schools input here. Presentation Please, find the slides in pdf and pptx here. …

Lesson Plan: Learning from a Double Disease Strand Five: The Biological World Main Learning Outcome 6: Evaluate how human health is affected by: inherited factors and environmental factors including nutrition; lifestyle choices; examine the role of micro-organisms in human health. Overview Learners investigate the science behind the world’s oldest recorded disease: leprosy. They discover how a team of Irish scientists …

Learners explore how hydroelectric power works and consider its benefits and problems by comparing a locally-led project in Kenya with a multinational project in Laos.

In this lesson, learners will explore the importance of plants in medicine, the impact of biodiversity loss globally, and the expertise of Indigenous people in preserving ecosystems.

Tabharfaidh an cheardlann seo breac-chuntas ar chur chuige WWGS, le béim faoi leith ar na 5 Threoirphrionsabal atá forbartha againn mar bhunús den Oideachas Saoránachta Dhomhanda (OSD) uile. Moltar go mór d’aon mhúinteoir a bhfuil baint acu le OSD freastal ar an traenáil seo mar réamhrá nó mar athnuachan.

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This is an online meeting for Language teachers from all over Ireland. It’s an invitation to be part of a Global Citizenship Education (GCE) community of practice. An opportunity to share and learn about integrating GCE into the language classroom.

This workshop will give the right tools and right ways to educators to approach the crises that society is facing, from climate change to conflict, in a safe and balanced way in the classroom.

This workshop is about how we can put fundraising in context and scaffold fundraising activities with teaching and learning, while also offering other ways in which learners can take meaningful action to play their part in changing the world.

This year, after many years online, we are piloting an in person student conference! We look forward to bringing some Global Citizenship Education (GCE) students together from all over Ireland to learn, share and engage with GCE.

This workshop will help teachers to bring a broader global perspective to their teaching and learning. Advice will also be given on the ESD funding available to schools to apply for.

This workshop will outline the WWGS approach, including the 5 Guiding Principles that underlie all our Global Citizenship Education (GCE). Highly recommended, both as an introduction and a refresher, for any teachers involved with GCE.

CSPE Guide Launch WWGS will launch our CSPE guide in the Mary Robinson Centre, Ballina on the 2nd of May from 11.00-2.00. This is a great opportunity to share good practice vis a vis Global Citizenship Education in the CSPE classroom as well as we explore some of the teaching and learning activities in the new guide. Lunch will be …

Music Guide Launch WWGS’s new Doing Global Citizenship Education in JC Music was launched on the 19th of October 11.30 am-1.30 pm in the Irish Institute of Music and Song in Balbriggan. The launch was open to music teachers and students. It took them through some of the activities in the guide and gave an opportunity for teachers and students to …

Relevant CPD for all educators and management. A ‘how to’ guide for engaging with any themes, policies, or actions around Sustainability in the most impactful way.

This workshop will explore how we can critically explore the Health and Wellbeing Global Goal connecting local to global.

Representatives from school leadership, our teacher advisory group, and education panel will provide many examples of progress, and quality GCE, taking place in the classroom and wider school community. We will also use the occasion to officially announce the successful applicants of The WWGS Global Passport Award 2024.

We are delighted to invite you to share your story at our Annual National Teacher conference ‘Stories of Solidarity’ on February 1st 2024 in De La Salle Pastoral Centre, Castletown, Co Laois.

An overview of Global Passport Award and application, with any questions answered.