Investigating the territory to get to know and recognise the educational centres that work on education for development and global citizenship in Galicia (I) (2018-2019)
Principal Investigators: Alba Patricia Digón Regueiro and Rosa María Méndez García
Other members of the research team: Ana Margarita Lampón Gude; Ánxela María Bugallo Rodríguez; Araceli Serantes Pazos; Laura Cruz López; María Cristina Naya Riveiro; María Cristina Pérez Crego; María José Caride Delgado; Silvana Longueira Matos; Renée DePalma.
Collaborating organisation: Solidarity International of Galicia
Funding body: Directorate-General for External Relations and the European Union. Xunta de Galicia.
Amount of funding: €37,374.25
This project is the result of a research trajectory in which the importance of overcoming a reductionist approach to ECG was observed; the need to influence training; and the existence of a significant number of practising professionals who are carrying out relevant experiences both at classroom and school level. For all these reasons, we understand that it is urgent to know and recognise what is being done in practice, by mapping the state of the question in Galicia as a framework for creating collaborative networks that help to promote ECG in Galician educational centres.
To carry out this mapping, it was decided to use social mapping, and specifically the cartography workshop, as a working methodology, understanding that critical reflection, collaboration, active participation and empowerment define both ECG and social mapping.
Two in-person cartographic workshops were held (March and November 2019), with teachers and organisations who helped with its construction and validation. In these workshops, we shared experiences (45 in total), discussed the type of information to be collected and how to collect it, and reflected on the EPDCG, questioning our own practice. Subsequently, we held a pilot workshop in which we mapped experiences from the city of A Coruña and its surroundings, as well as continuing to improve the workshop tool itself.
Through participatory processes running alongside the mapping workshops, teachers and members of expert NGOs in Global Education and Citizenship finalised the design of the Galician Award for Education for Development and Global Citizenship, which would represent a further step in recognising professionals who incorporate Global Education and Citizenship experiences into Galician schools.