Examples of practice
This page links to a few examples of practice where DEA members and others have worked with adult, community and further education providers to bring a global dimension to learning. If you would like to submit further practice examples for us to feature, please contact us.
DEA's annual Global
Learning Award celebrated innovative learning opportunities for adults
in England that developed knowledge, attitudes and skills for a global society.
These award-winning projects and programmes offer adults opportunities
to explore how global issues affect local lives and how people can work
together to achieve a more just and sustainable world:
- 2006 winners: Devon Development Education
for their informal community education work at the Global Centre in Exeter - 2004 winners: Preston College and Lancashire Global Education Centre
for their Global Perspectives in English literacy programme - 2003 winners: Walsall College of Arts & Technology
for their 'Achieving Together' citizenship programme for young people - 2002 winners: Amicus-MSF
for their distance learning course for trade union members.
In 2003 DEA invited FE colleges to apply for a small grant of £1,500 to develop one-year Strengthening Global Perspectives in Lifelong Learning pilot projects. These aimed incorporate global perspectives into their course planning, curriculum/staff development and/or their policy procedures. Read brief reports on each project:
- Cornwall College: working with trainee teachers in the post-16 sector
to develop their expertise to disseminate global educational values - Croydon College: Constructive Dialogue on Globalisation Issues
project focussing on the A level Economics, Business Studies and Sociology programme - Pendleton College and Christian Aid
developing a sustainable global learning strategy across the college - Wigan and Leigh College: Dispelling the myths
making links with FE instutions in India and China a springboard for teaching and learning about global interconnectedness.