Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland
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Towards a better Education System for all in Ireland
Prof Brian MacCraithPresident, DCU
ACCS Annual Meeting [email protected]
• Introduction
• Purpose of Education
• Key Issues for 21st Century Education
• Important Developments in Ireland – Influencing Change
• Conclusions
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DCU 2014
44th in the World
• 1980 200 students
• 1989 DCU
• 2014 >12,000
• 2016 >16,000
“…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.”
DCU Vision
DCU Strategic Plan
‘Transforming Lives & Societies’
Transformation Enterprise Translation Engagement
Purpose of Education
To enable students to flourish in 21st Century society:
– Personal lives– Civic society– Workplace
ConnectedGlobalisedKnowledge-basedAgeingDevelopingUrbanised
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Transformation
Flourishing in the 21st Century
Graduate Attributes*
E-Portfolio
Internships
Rounded Graduates
Creative and EnterprisingEffective CommunicatorsSolution-Oriented Globally-EngagedActive LeadersCommitted to Continuous Learning
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
Digital Learning
Digital natives ‘Future of Learning is
Blended’ Technology-
enhanced Learning DCU Global Digital Campus
Project Role of Educator …
“What you assess is what you get; if you don’t test it, you won’t get it!”
Lauren Resnick
Lifelong Learning
Early Childhood Primary Secondary Third Level Fourth Level
EDUCATION CONTINUUM
Changes in the Higher Education Landscape
• Incorporation (SPD, MDI, CICE)• New ‘DCU’• Expanded Faculty of H&SS• New Faculty (Inst) of Education
• Teacher Education along full continuum (ITE; CPD)
• Denominational, Non-denominational, Multi-denominational
• Research-Intensive
• 5th Faculty of DCU
• €50m development
Irish Institute of Education
Research Centres:
• STEM Education• Digital Learning• Assessment• Inclusive Education• Further Education• Human Rights &
Citizenship Education
• Educational Disadvantage
Irish Institute of Education
Thank You!Go Raibh Maith Agaibh!
ACCS Annual MeetingMarch 27, 2014