Services

As well as providing the Resource Centre facilities, DECSY is able to provide other services to teachers, lecturers and community workers.

Southern Artists for Development

The Southern Artists for Development service uses the affective power of experienced artist / educators from countries of the 'South' (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean), supported by quality resources to:

• Celebrate the diversity and complexity of other cultures
• Challenge negative preconceptions about people from nations of the 'South'
• Raise understanding about world development issues such as the causes and consequences of global injustice, the importance of alleviating poverty and promoting sustainable development
• Encourage a greater commitment to global citizenship in the school community

Artists can be booked to run workshops. The cost is £190 for a full day, plus travel expenses. Contact us for more information or to make a booking.

The DEC(SY) publication 'Timanyane - Making the most of school visits by artists from Africa and around the world' provides practical guidance, activities, curriculum links and a directory of Southern artists.

In-Service and Pre-Service Training

DECSY runs training sessions and workshops for teachers and other educators using a range of approaches. 230 training sessions were run during 2006 reaching over 650 teachers, 150 Early Years practitioners, 300 ITE students, 200 playworkers, 5,000 school students and nearly 300 others.

These are some of our recent courses, with comments from participants.

• Enhancing Pupils' Understanding of Life in a Culturally Diverse, Global Society
  "A lovely session, very nice staff."
  "Very enjoyable and useful session."
  "I enjoyed the session immensely and have gained confidence. An inspiration!"

• Citizenship and Promoting Racial Equality
  "An enjoyable day with lots of practical and useful ideas to take back to school. Feel enthused to look at what is happening in school and am keen to develop our curriculum further."

• Teaching about rights and responsibilities at KS 3
  "Enjoyable, practical and useful."

• Global Citizenship (EPS Key Issues day)
  "An excellent day, very useful for my development as a teacher."