Douglas BournDevelopment Education Research Centre,

IOE

Reflect on achievements and progress of development education and global learning

Changing political and educational context Practice of NGOs Needs and agendas of policy-makers Perceptions of evaluation Role of research Examples from work of Research Centre Agenda for research

30 years of practice led mainly by NG0s

Increasing recognition of learning and understanding about global and development issues within mainstream education

Quality projects

Globalisation and recent economic crisis Increasing dislocation and fragmentation within

communities Sustainable Development and climate change Understanding and support for development

and role of awareness raising within this Skills for living and working in a global society

and global economy Short term results and change But have things really changed in terms of

debates re development education

Historically played an important role Have an agenda Seeking support for their practice and their

views Increased emphasis on behavioural change

and on support for campaigns Limitations of promoting the global

citizenship agenda

Support for their programmes- public support for aid- lack of progress on MDGs

Needing evidence to demonstrate value for money

Review of DFID’s Building Support for Development

Learning impact has to relate to issues re standards and quality of education

Determined in the main by funders Emphasis on change usually in behaviour Formative and summative Efficiency and Effectiveness Lack of recognition of learning outcomes Results may well be different to what

envisaged

Open- ended Depth of analysis Learning agenda Question of relevance Quality and evidence

Plan UK and role of NGOs People and Planet and student

learning/campaigning Global Dimension within secondary schools Global Skills within colleges Global Engineer

Bringing together examples of what we know and sharing it

Educating policy-makers on importance of research

Theory and Philosophical Debates and implications for re-thinking practice

Opening up debate with practitioners in terms of what are their objectives

Recognising changing political context

Impact within formal education Development Education and contribution to

building support for development How do young people become engaged in

global and development issues? Moving from charity mentality to social

justice Relationship to agendas around citizenship

Research Groups Role of International Journal Collaborative research projects across

national boundaries Impact within wider education and

development research agendas and networks

d.bourn@ioe.ac.uk