Rosalind Duke SPHE Conference November 2016 NUIM Modelling Key Skills of Global Citizenship through Restorative Practices Rosalind Duke SPHE Conference November 2016 NUIM

SPHE Curriculum ‘to become an active and responsible citizen’ To develop ‘a sense of social responsibility, a commitment to active and participative citizenship and an appreciation of the democratic way of life’ (SPHE Curriculum pp2&9)

UNESCO: Global Citizenship Education ‘Nurturing respect for all, building a sense of belonging to a common humanity and helping learners become responsible and active global citizens’ http://en.unesco.org/gced/approach

Osler: a vision of citizenship ‘…global vision based on the dignity and inherent rights of individuals as members of a universal humanity’ (from Kant) ‘…an assumption of human equality and….a celebration of diversity’ (Kaldor)

What are Restorative Practices? Restorative Practices (RP) are both a philosophy and a set of skills that have the core aim of building strong relationships and transforming conflict in a simple and emotionally healthy manner. http://www.twcdi.ie/our-programmes/restorative- practice

Restorative Justice includes: the opportunity for wrong-doer to tell what happened and to explain their actions without judgement the equal opportunity for those impacted by the wrong- doing to speak about what happened and how they felt about it the opportunity for the wrong-doer to take responsibility and to apologise a collaborative effort to decide on the best way forward to repair the harm done and restore both relationships and the wrong-doer’s position in the community.

Paradigm shift? Look to the past Establishing guilt and blame From To Look to the past Establishing guilt and blame Punishment Focus on the wrong- doer Considering the future Defining needs and obligations Reparation of harm Focus on the well- being of the ‘community’

Punitive vs Restorative Wrong-doer thinks of self justifies action Feels s/he has become the victim of punishment (feeling unwanted, excluded, unheard) blames others feels marginalised in/from school community Wrong-doer is encouraged to think of those harmed recognise the extent of the harm – the wider circle around the ‘victim’ become accountable and accept responsibility; s/he is then included in the process (circle, mediation) integrated back into school community

Some skills of Restorative Practices: Building healthy relationships through learning and using the skills of: active listening empathy expressing feelings appropriately respecting other perspectives collaborating to create useful solutions.

Red Card (for ‘wrong-doer’) What happened? What were you thinking then/since? Who could have been affected by what you did, and how? What could you have done differently? What needs to happen now to make things right?

Black Card (for person harmed) What happened? What did you think when you realised what was happening? How did this impact on you? How did this impact on others? What was the hardest thing? What needs to happen to make things right?

References and reading: Hopkins, B. (2006) (doctoral thesis) available at http://www.transformingconflict.org/system/files/libraryfiles/Whole%20thesis%2 0BH%20minus%20appendices.pdf Presentation on Restorative Justice https://www.into.ie/ROI/NewsEvents/Conferences/EducationConsultativeConfer ence/EducationConsultativeConference2012/RoisinUiFhearraighpresentation.pd f Paper on RP in schools in Ireland http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/6254/1/McGarrigle_O'Connor_Restorative_ Practices_in_Education_FINAL_12.7.pdf - page 3 Five themes model of RP http://www.transformingconflict.org/content/trademark-five-key-themes Paper on restorative approaches in schools in NZ https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/restorativeapproaches/seminartwo /1Drewery%20210610%20Restorative%20Practices%20in%20New%20Zealand% 20Schools.pdf Global Citizenship http://www.ideas-forum.org.uk/about-us/global-citizenship UNESCO paper on Global Citizenship Education https://www.academia.edu/12504609/Global_Citizenship_Education_Topics_and _Learning_Objectives?auto=download&campaign=weekly_digest--