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