CAREM

Activities since Third Meeting

Universal Learning Systems

Fourth Project meetingPalermo, Sicilia, Italy 3 & 4 July 2014

Ongoing activities

Scanning Irish structures and systems

Outlining innovative interculturalism

Engagement with stakeholders: arts, schools, NGOs

Critical role of teacher training colleges: DCU

Link to national diversity policy: change

Developing resources – Imelda Graham

ULS Activities (1)

Encounters with difference

The Story of Me

Looking at Clothes

The Multicultural Calendar

ULS Activities (2)

Marginalization Reduction

The Disability Mosaic

Painting without Seeing

The Tower of Faith

ULS Activities (3)

Democratic European Citizenship

The Tree of Human Rights

Creative Rights Game

My European Quilt

Linkage

Léargas

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Immigrant Council of Ireland

ODS schools

NELLIP Workshops

TRANSIt and competence based learning

DCU and teacher training

1. CI College of Education

2. Model schools

3. Barnardos

Progress since March

Revision of activities

Teacher engagement

Dissemination: ICI, Léargas, Scoilnet, Teacher organizations, NI Integrated Education, Social Media, Sligo Racism Committee

Networking: TRANSIt, Polycom, El Valor (Chicago), LINQ, THILLM, NELLIP, EDEN

Bonus: Master’s in Firenze….

Piloting and implementation

Glasnevin National School (Dublin)

Background: Jonathan Swift to Bono

Teachers (3) and Pupils (65)

Integrated activities after Christmas/May 2014

Primary/Secondary curricula

Stakeholder buy-in: Law Society

Ethnic and cultural diversity key issues

Piloting continued

Role of Imelda (and her book)

GNS school has subsequently requested that more of the activities be run in the next school year.

August: Afterschools in Roscommon and Leitrim, agreed with local County Childcare Committee; two primary schools in Dublin [September].

Teacher training

THILLM, Bad Berka (May 2014)

Imelda’s book

Launch: May 2014

EDEN, Zagreb: June 2014

Thank you

Dr Alan Bruce

ULS Dublin

abruce@ulsystems.com