National consultation on education

[Laurence Cuffe]

Spotted this today:

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/press-releases/ministers-naughton-foley-and-moynihan-launch-the-national-conversation-on-education/ 

Its a consultation on the future of education, and anyone can comment. I’m sure its been mentioned here before, as nothing escapes the lists eagle eyes.

I’m thinking of commenting in terms of teaching people how to learn, to make them ready for an increasingly dynamic world in terms of required knowledge, and also commenting on how assessment has to become increasingly dynamic and flexible, with variable end points in terms of timelines, and knowledge content. 

The Scratch program at MBO Utrecht being one example of a possible direction:

https://mboutrecht.nl/opleiding/scratch-flexibel-zelfstandig-onderwijs/

(in Dutch, but we have technical solutions for that, children!)

Does anyone have further thoughts on this clearly very vague and nebulous topic that they’d care to share?

Best

Laurence Cuffe