Barbara Lowe

Schools Co-ordinator (Primary)

I am a founder member of RISC and have been in Development Education since 1984, which means I was involved in developing many of the current features of RISC, such as the World Shop, and in particular the Bookshop though like the other founders, I never imagined how the organisation would have grown.

I am the primary schools specialist member of the Education Team, but I work with both primary and secondary teachers, providing advice and support, and developing and delivering training programmes, including our highly successful Global Citizenship (GC) Advocates Course.  Work with schools has grown to become an area in which RISC has an influential role nationally, through our Global Schools initiative, in which schools embed GC throughout the whole school curriculum and ethos. This work was featured in the publication "Whole School Development and the Global Dimension" published by Development Education Centre South Yorkshire, and in the International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning. Our next priority is in working with schools and development educators to develop ways of measuring the quality of the work, rather than the quantity.

Since 1994 I have been a visiting lecturer at Reading University Institute of Education, raising student teachers' awareness of why GC is important and how it can be delivered. This has developed into a partnership which aims to embed GC across the Institute's curriculum. I work alongside Gill Hopper who successfully piloted this initiative within the Art Department, and provided such a positive example to colleagues that most departments are now involved. Academic papers of this partnership can be found on the website of the UK ITE Network for ESD/GC, at www.lsbu.ac.uk/ccci/uk.shtml

Our cutting edge work on contemporary art from the Majority World is beginning to have a much wider impact through training programmes and publications such as StArt Magazine (October 2009) and we hope to greatly increase this impact in the future.

My special interest in Art & Design has enabled me to develop a number of additional projects on both traditional and contemporary art, which have benefited both RISC and the wider network. These include the partnership with the October Gallery, the establishment and continuing development of RISC's collection of 1,500 artefacts and training on the most effective use of artefacts across the curriculum. A chapter on my work using artefacts in D&T at Goldsmiths University can be found in "Building a Sustainable Future: challenges for initial teaching training" (WWF-UK 2006)

Alongside this, I've been involved in researching and writing several of RISC's publications, including our current best-sellers "How Do We Know It's Working?" on measuring attitudinal change in pupils and "Growing Up Global" our early years global education handbook, and "Adinkra" a cross curricular resource on a textile tradition from Ghana; and producing exhibitions such as "Rivers, Forests, Sun and Earth", "Chippas and Chhints" and "Mayan Threads of Identity", a series of exhibitions exploring contemporary interpretations of textile traditions in Mali, India and Guatemala.

 

 

Louise Robinson

Schools Co-ordinator (secondary)

I joined RISC's Education Team in 2001, having taught in secondary schools and initial teacher education for almost 20 years before producing teaching materials for the Fairtrade Foundation.

Although I’m the Secondary Schools specialist member of the Education Team, I work with primary and secondary teachers, providing advice and support, and developing and delivering training programmes. This includes RISC’s highly successful Global Citizenship (GC) Advocates training course. Work with schools has grown to become an area in which RISC has an influential role nationally, through our Global Schools initiative, in which schools embed GC throughout the whole school curriculum and ethos. This work was featured in the publication “Whole School Development and the Global Dimension” published by Development Education Centre South Yorkshire, and in the International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning. Our next priority is in working with schools and development educators to develop ways of measuring the quality of the work, rather than the quantity.

I have worked in partnership with tutors at Oxford University’s Department of Education since 2002 and more recently at Reading University’s Institute of Education, raising student teachers’ awareness of why GC is important and how it can be delivered across the primary and secondary curriculum. Our links with ITE institutions are well established, and also include Oxford Brookes where plans to embed GC within their new programmes are underway.

I have researched and written a number of RISC’s teaching resources including our assembly packs on fair trade, refugees and sustainability. My particular interest in trade issues led to the production of packs such as ‘Growing Bananas’, ‘Bananas and Cocoa Beans’, ‘From Chocolate to Computers’ and to four fair trade articles commissioned by Guardian Education. I’ve also written articles on using fair trade as a vehicle for delivering GC for the journals Primary Geographer and Teaching Geography.

I co-authored RISC’s current best-sellers “How do we know it’s working?” on measuring attitudinal change in pupils and "Growing Up Global” our early years global education handbook.

 

Liz Allum

Schools Co-ordinator (resources)

Bookshop and Resource Centre Co-ordinator

 I have worked as part of RISC's Education Team since 2004, as well as being a member of the RISC Collective.

 As well as being the Resources specialist member of the Education Team; running the resource centre and bookshop, and offering resource guidance, review and evaluation,  I also work with primary and secondary teachers, providing advice and support, and developing and delivering training programmes. This includes RISC’s highly successful Global Citizenship (GC) Advocates training course. Work with schools has grown to become an area in which RISC has an influential role nationally, through our Global Schools initiative, in which schools embed GC throughout the whole school curriculum and ethos. This work was featured in the publication “Whole School Development and the Global Dimension” published by Development Education Centre South Yorkshire, and in the International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning. Our next priority is in working with schools and development educators to develop ways of measuring the quality of the work, rather than the quantity.

Since 2005 I have worked in partnership with English and Music Departments, with both tutors and students at Reading University’s Institute of Education, raising student teachers’ awareness of why GC is important and how it can be delivered across the primary and secondary curriculum. Our links with ITE institutions are well established, and also include Oxford University and Oxford Brookes where plans to embed GC within their new programmes are underway. Academic papers on this partnership and on my work with the English Department at Reading University can be found on the website of the UK ITE Network for Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship at www.lsbu.ac.uk/ccci/uk.shtml

I have a background in music teaching, and have developed training around global music, myths and stereotypes, and alternatives for delivering global citizenship through music in the classroom.

I am a member of the Development Education Association's Advisory Board for the Global Dimension Website, and also provide a range of resource advice and support, including work with organisations such as Oxfam and Music For Change.

I have researched and co-authored RISC's current best-sellers "How Do We Know It's Working?" on measuring attitudinal change in pupils and have contributed to several other resources such as "Growing Up Global" our early years global education handbook.

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