Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review is the only journal on global education published in the island of Ireland. It features contributions from practitioners in a range of education settings based in Ireland, the United Kingdom, across Europe, North America and the developing world. It is in its fifth year of operation, and is now available as an open-access online publication to increase accessibility and global reach. It aims to widen the global education sector’s understanding of the delivery and effectiveness of development education at local and international levels.
1Reflections and Projections
Autumn 2005
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It gives me great pleasure to write the preface for the first issue of “Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review”.
Educators need space and time to reflect on policy and practice, especially in as complex a field as development. Education cannot be static; those working in the area require constant updating both in terms of content and methodologies. All too often educators feel the need ‘to deliver’,’ to be out there’, ‘to do the work’ and do not allow themselves the breathing space to take a step back and reflect on how they can and should approach their work. I am confident that this journal will make a significant contribution to creating the space necessary for such thought and help stimulate a lively debate on professional development education.
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Policy and Practice is a new development education journal that aims to support the work of development education practitioners and increase active engagement with development issues in Ireland and overseas. The journal features a variety of in-depth contributions on aspects of development education practice such as methodologies, monitoring and evaluation, the production of resources, enhancing organizational capacity, strategic interventions in education and sectoral practice. Each issue contains a variety of regular sections including theme-specific focus articles, shorter perspectives articles, discussion and debate features, resource reviews and correspondence.
The Journal aims to address topics central to development education policy-making and practice and to inform the work of practitioners in the formal and non-formal education sector by facilitating reflection and discourse on development education practice in Ireland. It aims to enhance communication and strengthen capacity in the development...
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