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Multicultural Education
Global Citizenship
School Linking with partners local and global
Global Education in the Outdoors
Challenging Prejudice and Racism
Teaching Resources and Professional Development
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| CDEC aims to support students, teachers and community groups in understanding and promoting the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to participate in a multicultural society and an interdependent world. |
Who we are
CDEC - Cumbria Development Education Centre, is one of a network of accredited Development Education Centres across the
UK and a member of the Development Education Association (www.dea.org.uk)
Development Education seeks to explore the links between our own lives and those of people throughout the world, recognising ways in which we are all dependent on each other, pointing out the reasons for inequalities in the world at all levels, and helping people tackle these inequalities in their own everyday lives and actions.
“Take all the money you have set aside for aid in Tanzania and spend it in the
UK explaining to people the causes and consequences of poverty”
Nyerere, former President of Tanzania
CDEC is a registered charity (number 515020) and receives project funding from many sources in particular the Department for International Development, Training and Development Agency, Cumbria Education Authority, Barrow Excellence Cluster Partnership, Lake District National Park Authority, Cumbria County Council, Oxfam, the European Union, the Diocese of Carlisle and
Methodist
Churches in
Cumbria .
What we offer
CDEC works with teachers, students and other education providers in promoting a global dimension in the curriculum.
Support and training on all aspects of global citizenship, including equality and diversity, sustainable development and social justice
School Linking – support programmes on developing link partners, both local and global
Philosophy for Children – introductory sessions and SAPERE accredited level 1 training.
Resources – an extensive collection of books, activity packs, artefacts for loan through our resource bases in
Cumbria .
A range of CDEC and other publications for sale all of which provide support , activities and ideas on how to introduce and embed the global dimension into the school curriculum.
CDEC in action! NAHT Conference, Liverpool May 2008
CDEC is featured in the NAHT TV documentary 'Teaching the Global Dimension'. See how global awareness can add value to your teaching & learning. Examples of current work show how this looks in practice.
Click on the player below to watch this 5 minute film, sponsored by NWGEN (North West Global Education Network)
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