The DCU CSN team has engaged with undergraduate and postgraduate students in the DCU IoE on the DCU CNS In particular:

• 2021: MEd HD8111: M.Ed. (Special Option, Poverty and Social Inclusion)
• 2022: M. Ed PR104: Equality, Education and Poverty (Module 3)
• 2023/2024: ED4015: Student Engagement and Participation in the Primary School
• 2023/2024: EdD Module Input (Professional Learning) 
• 2025: M.Ed. (Special Option, Poverty and Social Inclusion)

The DCU CSN team is teaching on the MEd in Education with the Educational Disadvantage Centre

Masters in Education Special Option Poverty and Social Inclusion in Education

https://www.dcu.ie/edc/masters-education-special-option-poverty-and-social-inclusion-education

Module 3: Transformative Education and the DCU Changemaker Schools Network

Education has the potential to transform the realms of possibility for students, and in turn society. With its emancipatory potential, education can transform the lives of those most marginalised in society and in our education system. To realise these transformative aspirations for our children, the power of the relational is critical to ensure transformational agency to empower teachers and students to respond in a dynamic way to our increasingly diverse and dynamic world.

In this module, we will explore transformational leadership and the culture of schools using case studies from the DCU Changemaker Schools Network. By exploring teaching and pedagogy to foster social change and inclusion, we will focus on care and affective equality. Drawing on Fraser, Freire, Reay, Lynch and Noddings the relationship between leadership, pedagogy, care and affective equality will be appraised, to enhance the fostering of school cultures for and of social inclusion. During this module, students will be introduced to teachers and school leaders in the DCU Changemaker School Network, and will be provided with opportunities to explore their school cultures.

In considering pedagogies for social inclusion, embodied cognition and communication will be explored in this module. It will examine learning theories focussing on creativity and how we communicate, with a specific focus on non-verbal communication. This exploration creates the space for students to develop inclusive learning approaches to foster classrooms and schools for and of social inclusion