CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - Public Lecture
19 September 2008
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
PUBLIC LECTURE
19th September 6.30pm -8.30pm
Roddy Doyle, Writer and Human Rights Activist
Professor James A Banks, University of Washington, Leading Academic on
Multicultural Education
CONFERENCE
19th September 4.00pm-8.30pm
20th September 9.00am-5.00pm
www.spd.dcu.ie/chrce/
Conference Speakers Include: Dr. Hugh Starkey, Professor Audrey Osler,
Professor Colum Kenny, Dr. Ursula Kilkelly, Dr. Laura Lundy, Dr. Cherry
McGee Banks, Dr. Katherine Zappone, Seán Love, Brigid McManus (Secretary
General, DES), Colm O'Gorman (Amnesty International Irish Section) Bernard
McDonald (Assistant Ombudsman for Children)
The conference will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators,
educationalists, community and youth organisations and all those with an
interest in education in Ireland. There will be a particular focus on how
human rights concerns - local and global - can be addressed in education
systems and in practice in the classroom and in the informal education
context
Panel Discussions, Research Seminars and Practical Workshops for Teachers,
Researchers, Educationalists, Policy makers, Youth and NGO workers on themes
including:
Children's Rights, Special Education, Diversity in Education, Development
Education ,Democratic Schools, Primary and Post Primary Curriculum
Opportunities
For more information and to download a registration form, please visit,
www.spd.dcu.ie/chrce/
Deadline for registration September 10