Topic outline

• General
  
  

  General

                                                                               

  Thank you to all our delegates, sponsors and presenters for a wonderful Ethical Education Conference. It was a weekend which challenged and inspired and we hope all delegates will continue to share professional conversations about the role of Ethical Education in the Irish education system. We look forward to welcoming you again in November 2016.
• Conference Programme
  
  

  Conference Programme

  

  What is Ethical Education?                                                                                                                                              

   Governed by the Educate Together Charter, all Educate Together schools are:

  • Equality-based, i.e. all children having equal rights of access to the school, and children of all social, cultural and religious backgrounds being equally respected,
  • Co-educational and committed to encouraging all children to achieve their potential
  • Child/learner-centred in their approach to education,
  • Democratically run with active participation by parents/carers in the daily life of the school, whilst positively affirming the professional role of the teachers.

   In Educate Together schools Ethical Education is understood as education that helps learners develop a critical understanding of social, moral and ethical issues and standards.

  Ethical Education aims to develop learners’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours in equality, human rights, justice and sustainability so that learners develop personally and spiritually, think critically, and are empowered to make a difference.

   In Educate Together schools, Ethical Education is guided by core values including

  Co-operation, Freedom, Happiness,Responsibility, Respect, Care, Solidarity, Equality, Human Rights, Inclusion, Diversity, Community, Democracy. These core values are made explicit and are truly lived in each Educate Together school community.

   Learners in Educate Together schools follow an Ethical Education curriculum. However, Ethical Education is more than what is taught in the Learn Together Curriculum at primary level, or the Ethical Education Curriculum Framework at second-level. For Educate Together, Ethical Education is the whole school experience, encompassing ethos, values and curriculum.

  • Why are so many teachers signing up to the conference? Watch this video and find out! File
  • Conference Agenda File
  • Conference Programme File
• Conference Sponsorship
  
  

  Conference Sponsorship

  Educate Together would like to thank all our sponsors for their support of the Ethical Education Conference.

  

  Allianz 

  Allianz Ireland offers great quality, flexible cover Car Insurance, Home Insurance & Pet Insurance at competitive prices!

  https//www.allianz.ie/

  Carambola

  Carambola Kidz delivers healthy and delicious school lunches, packed with the best ingredients, in individually labelled and sealed lunch bags, across Ireland every day.

  http://www.carambola.ie/

  Folens

  Folens Publishers are Ireland's leading educational providers for Primary and Post Primary schools.
  

  https://www.folens.ie/
• Conference address and Ethical Education resources
  
  

  Conference address and Ethical Education resources

  • Prof. Sharon Todd's Saturday Morning Address

  • Building a Publicly Responsive Education from the Ground Up: Ethical Challenges and Possibilities File
  • Other Ethical Education Resources

  • Amnesty Friendship Week File
  • Criteria for applicationf for Yellow Flag Programme promoting inclusion and celebrating diversity File
  • Yellow Flag Applicaiton Form File
• Teachmeet Presentations and Information
  
  

  Teachmeet Presentations and Information

  Many thanks to the sponsors of our spot prizes

  • Presentations

  • Erin Doyle-Savage and Vicky Cahill, Carlow ETNS: Learn Together - more than a subject File
  • Ann Ryan, Hansfield ETSS: Using Drama in Education in Ethical Ed Classes File
  • Pamela Roden, Limerick ETNS: Using a Twitter Wall to jump start a discussion File
  • Teacher Twitter Reading Board File
  • Sylvia O'Halloran, Holywell ETNS: Learn Together Ideas File
  • Prezi Presentations

  • Cecelia Gavigan, Balbriggan ETNS: Creating an Inclusive School by Combating Homophobic and Transphobic Bullying URL
  • Gemma Curry, Esker ETNS: Building a United School Community from many different beliefs, backgrounds and cultures URL
  • Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin, Lucan East ETNS: Worms on Bikes URL
  • Sponsors

  • Aladdin who contributed four vouchers for €25 File
  • CJ Fallon who contributed 30 'Bun go Barr' mugs File
  • Prim-Ed who contributed 3 book series of 'The Environment' and a set of 'Behaviour Managment' and corresponding posters File
  • Liosdoire who contributed Blue-Tooth speakers with built-in am valued at €125 File
  • Toomey AV who contributed a beautiful hamper of wine and chocolates File
• Parallel Workshops
  
  

  Parallel Workshops

  • Dr Anne Marie Kavanagh: Enacting a Holistic Approach - Teaching About, Through and For Ethics File
  • Dr Mary Gannon: Teaching Controversial Issues File
  • Dr Philomena Donnelly and Jean Ryan: Pedagogies and Content for Teaching Philosophy in Irish Primary and Secondary Schools - An Exploration File
  • Dr Fintan McCutcheon: The Good Life of Teaching - Questioning the Narrative of Teaching as a Vocation File
  • The following workshop is kindly sponsored by Allianz

  • Deirdre Toomey: Teaching about Equality and Human Rights in Schools File
  • The following workshop is kindly sponsored by Folens.

  • Niamh McGuirk: Crossing the Curriculum and Cultivating Critical Thinking File