Over the last few days, Children in Crossfire delivered its TIDAL: Educating the Heart training to a group of energetic and enthusiastic teachers. Our intern, Barbara, was there to take part. Here are her top 5 takeaways from the event: Teachers think about students holistically I am a student and I have never spent much…
Children in Crossfire was delighted to host a working conference to help shape our exciting Development Education: Educating the Heart initiative. Our Think Tank took place on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd June 2017. We have been evolving our Development Education model with the aim of merging emotional and critical literacy through an innovative Educating the Heart pedagogy. Educating…
Children in Crossfire staff were recently invited to attend a Well-being session hosted by Brendan Ozawa-De Silva, associate professor of psychology at Life University, and a good friend and supporter of Children in Crossfire. The session was based on the teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Self-Compassion. Self-compassion is a powerful tool we…
Children in Crossfire are proud to deliver Connecting Classrooms programme by the British Council for schools in Northern Ireland. The Connecting Classrooms programme is a CPD training package for schools to help teachers build the skills that students need to participate in our ever-changing and more globalised world. British Council has worked alongside education experts…
Throughout 2016, Children in Crossfire’s Development Education team worked hard to tackle the injustices of poverty through promoting active global citizenship to schools and colleges. During this period, we have strengthened the delivery and impact of our overall Development Education programme, ensuring high-quality global learning. 2016 Key Highlights 1. We have developed a new Educating…
I wonder how much coverage International Human Solidarity Day will have on 20th December this year, or if many of those reading this have ever heard of it? The idea of the United Nations supported day is to celebrate human unity in diversity and to remind people of the importance of solidarity in working to…
What is the Background to Educating the Heart? In 2013, Children in Crossfire launched an Educating the Heart initiative as part of its Development Education (DE) programme. The organisation’s patron, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, visited Northern Ireland, and addressed a private audience of educators, students, policy makers, and researchers to explore…
Educating the Heart: 5 Good Reasons and a Few Words of Wisdom Recently, Children in Crossfire has been working on evolving its Development Education practice to nurture the emotional well-being of young people alongside building their capacity for critical thinking and active citizenship. We believe that for long term engagement in issues of global injustice,…
Recently I was drawn to an image shared by a friend of mine on Facebook “A Simple Recipe for Happiness is to Scatter kindness wherever you go!” I started thinking how, and in what ways could I be more open, compassionate and kind? In our ever changing world, where the gap between rich and poor continues…
5 Good Reasons and a Few Words of Wisdom Recently, Children in Crossfire has been working on evolving its Development Education practice to nurture the emotional well-being of young people alongside building their capacity for critical thinking and active citizenship. We believe that for long term engagement in issues of global injustice, young people need…