Dr Brighid Golden of the Department of Learning, Society and Religious Education at Mary Immaculate College has launched a podcast series aimed at students, teachers, and anyone interested in how global citizenship education is implemented in different settings.
Curious and Critical GCE was developed to accompany her recently published book on the topic and will consist of 12 themed episodes in which Brighid speaks to educators about their experiences; participants include some of the authors who contributed to the book as well as others involved more broadly in the area of global citizenship.
Funded by the DICE Project (Development and Intercultural Education), the series is available on Spotify and MIC radio station Wired 99.9FM’s Soundcloud Page, as well as being hosted on the DICE website.
Speaking about the launch of the series, Brighid said: "Sometimes it can be hard to find accessible learning materials for busy students and teachers interested in global citizenship education. I am hoping that this series, alongside the recently published book Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms, might help to bridge that gap and make the topic more easily accessible for both students and teachers alike. Global citizenship education is an increasingly relevant part of our daily lives, and is becoming more embedded in our curricula all the time. I was lucky to chat to an amazing group of educators when recording this podcast series, and I hope all their ideas and advice can encourage students and teachers to promote criticality and curiosity in our education spaces.’’
Episode 1 ‘The why’s and what’s of GCE with Ciara Regan’ from 80:20: Educating and Acting for a Better World is all about the purpose and potential of GCE. Ciara is research and education officer for 80:20, a human rights education organisation. Her main work is as a staff writer for online resource developmenteducation.ie, as well as project-based work. Listen here.
She added that the she hoped the podcast format would make it easy for students and teachers to engage with and is currently in the process of planning 12 more episodes.
She extended huge thanks to Wired FM for supporting and producing this series, which was supported by funding from Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the DICE Project.
The DICE Project is a national strategic educational initiative since 2003, implemented by four providers of initial teacher education at primary level; as well as MIC, partners are Dublin City University Institute of Education; Marino Institute of Education and the Froebel Department in Maynooth University.
