‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela.
Educate Together’s #EthicalEducation Conference for primary and second-level teachers is back! Join us on Saturday 30th November in Griffith Barracks MDS (D08 KVY4) for our conference ‘Educating Together for a Better Future’.
Hear from other Educate Together teachers on how they have responded to challenges and introduced new initiatives to embrace cultural diversity and get some new ideas for your school through our range of engaging workshops.
Conference Programme
10: Opening remarks from Dr. Emer Nowlan, CEO of Educate Together.
10:30 – 11: TeachMeet
11 – 11:30: Panel Discussion ‘Embedding the Ethos – going deeper than tokenism’.
11:30 – 12: Coffee
12 – 1: Keynote address: Dr. Niamh McGuirk and Briana Fitzsimons ‘Embracing Cultural Diversity in Schools’.
1 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 – 15: Workshops
Choose two from:
- Rozz Lewis and Eddie McGinn: ‘Promoting democratic practices and dialogue’
- Vicky Donnelly, Financial Justice Ireland: ‘Reducing Social Inequalities’
- Young Social Innovators: ‘Facilitating Student Activism’
