Children and Young People’s Plan 2018 - 2020

The purpose of the Children and Young People’s Services Committees is to secure better outcomes for children and young people through more effective integration of existing services and interventions at local level. CYPSCs work toward the five national outcomes for children and young people in Ireland. These are that children and young people 1. Are active and healthy, with positive physical and mental wellbeing 2. Are achieving full potential in all areas of learning and development 3. Are safe and protected from harm 4. Have economic security and opportunity 5. Are connected, respected and contributing to their worl

An active learning organisation: teaching projects in electrical engineering education

The introduction of active learning in engineering education is often started by enthusiastic teachers or change agents. They usually encounter resistance from stakeholders such as colleagues, department boards or students. For a successful introduction these stakeholders all have to learn what active learning involves for them. This means that active learning has to take place on three levels: the students, the staff, and the organisation. These three actors have each to learn from experience, and their learning processes have to be related. Learning on the lowest level is based on the cycle of Kolb for experiential learning. If learning is seen as a form of change, similar cycles can be distinguished for learning on the levels of the staff and the organisation. On the staff level a model of Van Delden's for influencing staff members is used. For organisational change some ideas about the learning organisation from Senge are adapted to educational organisations like departments. A comprehensive view on student learning, staff development, and organisational learning is presented. The model includes four aspects of learning on three levels of educational actors and the relations among them. This model can be an illuminating guide for the introduction and/or general acceptance of active learning at your institution as a lasting change