Towards a More Creative Education System was an invitation–only, experiential conversation that brought together a microcosm of the education system over two and a half days in the Burren, to surface initiatives that will help move the system in the direction which public policy and most observers feel is necessary to position Ireland’s education system for the 21st century.
Our focus was on the second level, mindful that this can’t be considered in isolation from transitions from primary and to the third level. The symposium convened at the Burren College of Art, with generous support from the Tomar Trust and Anne Madden.
Resources for Symposium Participants
Online Symposium – ”Towards a More Creative Education System: Creating a Movement for Change – Going Deeper’ – November 2020
12.11.20 Report on Online Symposium
Online Symposium – ‘Towards a More Creative Education System’- October 2020
8.10.20 Report on Online Symposium
2nd Symposium on Creative Education – September 2019
2nd Creative Education Symposium Report
Report Appendix 1 -Cré na hÉireann
Graphic Harvest Images September 2019
2nd Creative Education Symposium images
Continued Engagement
Interim Evaluation of Outcomes (April 2019)
Symposium Documents & Video Contributions
Click here to download the Symposium Programme.
Click here to download the Opening Presentation from the symposium.
Opening message to the Symposium from Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer at MIT.
Focus Group with primary school children in Croke Park.
Click here to download the Prototyping Handout.
Video-clip perspectives from the closing day: Turning the camera and looking back at ourselves (Apollo 8); Why life is not a journey (Alan Watts and David Lindberg); guy starts dance party (it’s the second supporter that makes the difference) and message to symposium from Julie Wilson, founder of the Institute for the Future of Learning.
Themes from Concluding Circle October 2018
Prototype Initiatives 2018
Graphic Harvest Images
Creative Symposium 2018 Photo Archive
Creative Education Symposium Report
Background
OECD’s Learning Framework 2030 which provides a policy context.
‘Voices from the Field’ – a compilation of views from across the field of Irish education – abridged version.
The unabridged version.
Prezi Slide Presentation on turning the system upside down and other aspects of the Irish Education System.
List of symposium attendees.