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Educating Engaged Citizens: Four Projects from Ireland
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O'Flaherty, Joanne; Liddy, Mags; Tansey, Lorraine; Roche, Cathy – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the four education projects that demonstrate how Irish education provision is adapting to meet social and economic changes: Ubuntu Network working to integrate education for sustainable development (ESD) into teacher education; Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) facilitating service learning modules at higher…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizenship, Service Learning, Learning Modules
Alternatives to Industrial Work Placement at Dublin Institute of Technology
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Bates, Catherine; Gamble, Elena – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2011
In the current economic crisis, higher education graduates need transferable professional skills more than ever. They need resourcefulness, an ability to work reflectively, a sense of civic awareness and an impressive curriculum vitae. This case study analyses how Dublin Institute of Technology's Programme for Students Learning With Communities…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Community Education, Partnerships in Education, Training Objectives
NAIRTL Grants Initiative: Evaluation of Impact
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Murphy, Jennifer; Brennan, Aimie – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
The mission of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) is to ensure that all higher education students are exposed to cutting edge research in their classrooms, and that students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are actively engaged in relevant and authentic research in their chosen discipline. To…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grants
Report on the Third Year of the ESF-Funded Project to Consolidate and Develop Foreign Language Modules for Students of Other Disciplines and the First Year of the Language Modules Research and Development Project.
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Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1996
This report details the third year (October 1, 1995-September 30, 1996) of a Trinity College (Ireland) program to offer second language learning modules to students who are not language majors. The modules' objectives are to develop students' communication skills for study, travel, or work abroad during undergraduate years, and to enhance their…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Enrollment Rate, Foreign Countries
Report on the Fourth Year of the ESF-Funded Project to Consolidate and Develop Foreign Language Modules for Students of Other Disciplines and the Second Year of the Language Modules Research and Development Project.
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Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. – 1997
The report details the fourth year (October 1996-September 30, 1997) of a Trinity College (Ireland) program to offer second language learning modules to students who are not language majors. The modules' objectives are to develop students' communication skills for study, travel, or work abroad during undergraduate years, and to enhance their…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Course Content, Enrollment Rate, Foreign Countries