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School of Education Centenary

The School of Education has a long and distinguished history in teacher education dating back to the foundation of the UCD Education Department in 1909. During 2009 the School celebrated 100 years of serving Irish education and we are very proud of the contribution that we have made over that period. Because of our long tradition in Irish education it is both our privilege and our obligation to focus our coursework and our research on the questions of the day for all education areas that we serve. The deep commitment on the part of the School to excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service is reflected in the opportunities offered to students and professionals to acquire expertise about a variety of significant issues that confront education in Ireland and internationally. To that end, we seek answers that meet the genuine needs of teachers and other practitioners, and the children they ultimately serve.

The wide-ranging expertise within the School allows us to provide a variety of perspectives from which each student can form a personal point of view. Students in the School are enabled to become knowledgeable and proficient researchers, and to be effective practitioners. Whether you plan to teach, conduct research, serve as an educational leader, teach in higher education or if you are already active in one of these fields at the School of Education, you will undertake a journey that will have a major impact on you and the people that you will subsequently meet. With a variety of areas of study, our graduates go on to pursue careers in teaching, educational psychology, educational leadership, education policy, international and comparative education, as well as higher education.

It is the interplay between theory and practice, between the world of the intellect and the world of work with real people, children, adolescents and adults, that makes the School of Education very unique. If you are interested in becoming part of this vibrant and diverse community of scholars and practitioners, contact the School about any of our courses.

InterFACES selected as a finalist for 2012 WISE Award

Posted on 16 August 2012 by Administrator

Congratulations to Professor Lizbeth Goodman and Dr Mick Donegan, co-PIs of the SMARTlab project InterFACES, in partnership with SpecialEffect, on being selected as a finalist in this year’s World Summit for Education (WISE) Awards. Continue reading →

The Illusion of Intelligence short film wins Best Student Video Award at the AAAI 2012 Video Competition

Posted on 29 July 2012 by Administrator

The Illusion of Intelligence, a short film by SMARTlab PhD student Karolina Zawieska with Bart Kevelham, Maher Ben Moussa and Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann has won the Best Student Video Award at the AAAI 2012 Video Competition, held in conjunction with the ….

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Anita McKeown represents SMARTlab, UCD at a STEM + Art Roundtable, ISEA2012, New Mexico, September 19-24, 2012

Posted on 25 July 2012 by Administrator

SMARTlab’s CATALYST Manager Anita McKeown will be partaking in this year’s eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2012) STEM + Art (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math + Art education) Roundtable discussion; a key part of Intel’s Education Day, taking place … Continue reading →

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