Researching the global dimension of education for development. An IAP pilot project in an educational centre in Galicia (I) (2015-2016)
IP: Renée DePalma
Other members of the research team: Begoña Bas López, Ánxela Bugallo Rodríguez, Patricia Carballal, Mª Dolores Cotelo Guerra, Patricia Digón Regueiro, Luis Iglesias Salgado, Silvana Longueira Matos, Rosa María Méndez García, Mª Cristina Naya Riveiro, Mª Cristina Pérez Crego, Araceli Serantes Pazos, Iria Sobrino Freire, María Helena Zapico Barbeito
Collaborating entity: CPI Virxe da Cela and International Solidarity Galicia
Funding body: Galician Cooperation (General Directorate for External Relations and the European Union of the Xunta de Galicia)
Amount of funding: €39,289
The main objective of this research was to analyse how to introduce the global dimension paradigm of Education for Development (ED) cross-curricularly in a school in Galicia, increasing teacher involvement in a way that is meaningful to their school, taking into account their interests and needs. We initiated a participatory action research (PAR) project that seeks to produce knowledge through reflective practice.
We formed a collaboration between university specialists in the didactics of mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and languages, and the teaching staff of a rural school to integrate the Global Education Curriculum (ECG) as a school project. In this first phase, we dedicated sufficient time to familiarise the teaching staff with the proposed research processes and to design a Comprehensive Action Plan together.
Collaboratively, between the UDC research team, the NGO Solidaridad Internacional de Galicia (SIG) and the teaching staff of the CPI Virxe da Cela in Monfero, three action plans were designed to effectively work on ECG within the school curriculum, aiming to cover as many educational levels and subjects as possible. In this first phase, a participatory diagnosis of previous experiences was carried out, and two training seminars were held with specialists and working groups by disciplinary area.