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Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland

ACCS Annual Meeting 2014. driordan@accs.ie. Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland. Prof Brian MacCraith President, DCU. OUTLINE. Introduction Purpose of Education Key Issues for 21 st Century Education Important Developments in Ireland – Influencing Change Conclusions.

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Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland

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  1. ACCS Annual Meeting 2014 driordan@accs.ie Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland Prof Brian MacCraithPresident, DCU

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Purpose of Education • Key Issues for 21st Century Education • Important Developments in Ireland – Influencing Change • Conclusions

  3. DCU 2014 • 1980 200 students • 1989 DCU • 2014 >12,000 • 2016 >16,000 44th in the World

  4. DCU Vision “…a research-intensive, globally-engaged University of Enterprise, distinguished by the quality and impact of its graduates and its focus on the translation of knowledge into societal and economic benefits.”

  5. DCU Strategic Plan • ‘Transforming Lives & Societies’ • Transformation • Enterprise • Translation • Engagement

  6. Purpose of Education To enable students to flourish in 21stCentury society: • Personal lives • Civic society • Workplace

  7. Connected Globalised Knowledge-based Ageing Developing Urbanised

  8. Main Heading (font: Arial, size: 28) • Points to be made (font: Arial, size: 24) • Please use this bullet where required • Please use this bullet where required • Please use this bullet where required • Transformation • Flourishing in the 21st Century • Graduate Attributes* • E-Portfolio • Internships • Rounded Graduates

  9. Creative and Enterprising Effective Communicators Solution-Oriented Globally-Engaged Active Leaders Committed to Continuous Learning

  10. 21st Century Learners • Digital Natives! • Engage with information in a radically different way • Learn best as active participants rather than passively • Peer-to-Peer • Information - Knowledge - Wisdom

  11. Digital Learning • Digital natives • ‘Future of Learning is Blended’ • Technology-enhanced Learning • DCU Global • Digital Campus Project • Role of Educator …

  12. “What you assess is what you get; if you don’t test it, you won’t get it!” Lauren Resnick

  13. EDUCATION CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning

  14. Changes in the Higher Education Landscape • Incorporation (SPD, MDI, CICE) • New ‘DCU’ • Expanded Faculty of H&SS • New Faculty (Inst) of Education

  15. Irish Institute of Education • Teacher Education along full continuum (ITE; CPD) • Denominational, Non-denominational, Multi-denominational • Research-Intensive • 5th Faculty of DCU • €50m development

  16. Irish Institute of Education • Research Centres: • STEM Education • Digital Learning • Assessment • Inclusive Education • Further Education • Human Rights & Citizenship Education • Educational Disadvantage

  17. Thank You! Go RaibhMaithAgaibh!

  18. ACCS Annual Meeting March 27, 2014

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