Development Education
Our global citizenship programmes aim to increase awareness and understanding of the rapidly changing, interdependent and unequal world in which we live.
Poetry Ireland works with a number of partners to deliver global citizenship programmes in primary and post-primary schools, helping students explore global issues through a variety of creative writing projects.
Irish Aid's WorldWise Global Schools Programme 2021/22
In this past academic year students in 11 post-primary schools throughout Ireland explored global issues in a special development education project co-ordinated by Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools and funded by Irish Aid’s WorldWise Global Schools.
The programme funded writers to work with schools with residencies/workshops during which time they delivered creative writing workshops. The students were given a chance to engage imaginatively with the issues, and work creatively in a range of genres, including poetry, prose, art, film, song and improvisation. Our hope is that the participants will benefit from an increased knowledge and understanding of global justice issues, becoming engaged and active global citizens.
The writers involved in this year’s Irish Aid's WorldWise Global Schools Programme were Caroline Busher, Ritchie Conroy, Catherine Ann Cullen, Martina Murphy, Luke Morgan, Tina Pisco and Mark Roper. Residencies/workshops took place in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Dublin, Louth, Kilkenny and Wexford.
If you are interested in participating for the coming year, please contact Moira Cardiff at education@poetryireland.ie
Poetry Ireland and Irish Aid WorldWise Global Schools Creative Writing Lesson Plans
Download development education creative writing lesson plans for post-primary schools. The plans explore global issues and are by Writers in Schools facilitators Nessa O'Mahony, Oisín McGann, Paula Leyden, Peter Salisbury, Pete Mullineaux, Debbie Thomas and Seamus Cashman.
Ár mBaile Coiteann
Poetry Ireland, Creative Engagement and WorldWise Global Schools funded the ‘Ár mBaile Coiteann’ project in Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne in Dingle. The project aimed to highlight the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by engaging students in a project through the medium of poetry and etching. Over the course of two months, twenty-seven students worked with poet Bríd Ní Mhoráin and Printmaker Niall Naessens to create poems and etchings. This short film documents the process.
Trócaire and Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition
Open to established poets, emerging poets and primary and post primary students, this competition is held annually in March, to coincide with Trócaire’s Lenten campaign.
Poetry Ireland and its development education partners adhere to the DÓCHAS Code of Conduct on Images and Messages. If you have any concerns regarding an infringement of the code, please contact education@poetryireland.ie.
