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Music and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Education CPD
This workshop is for music teachers to explore how to integrate GCE (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Education) into the music curriculum. Music educator, musician and human rights lawyer Donal Kearney talks about using our voice to advocate*.
We recommend that you have a look at our resources by theme and recordings of training once you have chosen the theme you are focusing on! Visit our main website or contact lizzy.noone@worldwiseschools.ie for advice!
Workshop Resources
Video recording
The video recording includes:
- An introduction to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Education
- Input from Music and Human Rights Expert Donal Kearney*
- How to approach Music and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Education in Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle as well as a Whole School Approach
Find the video recording
There’s also an Edited chat from the Music CPd which includes the brilliant song that was written by the participants
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Presentations
Please find the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ workshop’s presentation on Genial.ly, . Within this presentation-there’s lots of links, videos and resources just click on the interactive links.
You can find Donal Kearney’s presentation here- GCE workshop – Music CPD
And the worksheet: Music CPD exercises from Donal Kearney.
Other resources
If you have a digital subscription to the – the August 2003 ‘Sounds of Dissent’ is all about music. Each publication of this magazine has a music section however and it’s worth checking out for to provide more diversity of music in your classroom.
Here’s the relevant sections of ‘Sounds of Dissent’:
- Facts on the commercialisation of music and music in caste system India
- Caste system music part 2 and music rebels
- Music rebels continued
- Even our enemies deserve music
- Even our enemies part 2 and Nina Simone
- ÌýPolitics with Soul part 1
- Politics with Soul part 2
- Politics with Soul part 3 and Bono cartoon
- Info on the Anti Iraq war protest album
Good links to explore:

