It is 100 years since the setting up of the Free State.
Is this an opportunity to consider the potential for global learning that focuses on our most local international relationship?
Michael D. Higgins [The Irish President] recently suggested that:
"Only by remembering complex, uncomfortable aspects of Britain and Ireland's shared history can we forge a better future."
See article from The Guardian
Half the lies are true was published in 1986 as a follow up to a event that brought education practitioners together from both sides of the Irish Sea.
In the context of recent events linked to Brexit, the 100 years since the State was established - and the border drawn we have been inviting people to revisit 'Half the lies are true'.
How do we see these matters 36 years on?
Tide~ [and before that DEC] has had numerous joint projects with the Irish development education organisation 80:20.
Joint work
80:20 and Tide~ set up a project bringing students from Birmingham, Belfast and Dublin together to share experiences though a series of workshops and conferences. The project evolved over four years involving other partners and issues. It also focused on the build up to the Good Friday Agreement.
See Let's Talk Review.
The Development Education Commission is another example of joint work. It involved lead curriculum people from each of the five jurisdictions in 'these islands'.
Reflecting on Half the lies are true
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