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Education in schools regarding War

  • 06-11-2011 7:50pm
    #1
    IloveConverse
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    Out of curiosity, what education are students receiving in relation to War? I can't find any sites detailing this.

    As it is a very serious issue, I'm asking the Teaching and Lecturing forum.

    Thank you for any replies. :)


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  • #2
    golden virginia
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    Students learn historical war in History and ESS. In relation to contemporary war; this type of knowledge is either a state secret, or consists mostly of assertions/speculations conveyed in mass media that are not on the prescribed curricula at this point in time. We are restricted to teach the curriculum.


  • #3
    E.T.
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    If you have a look on ncca.ie you'll find the curricula for both primary and secondary schools.


  • #4
    IloveConverse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭IloveConverse


    golden virginia wrote: »
    Students learn historical war in History and ESS. In relation to contemporary war; this type of knowledge is either a state secret, or consists mostly of assertions/speculations conveyed in mass media that are not on the prescribed curricula at this point in time. We are restricted to teach the curriculum.

    I meant to state that it was in coherence to the contemporary wars.
    Thank you for your reply!


  • #5
    wingnut
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    IloveConverse wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, what education are students receiving in relation to War? I can't find any sites detailing this.

    If you look at the History Syllabus, a number of conflicts are dealt with.

    Issues around war would also be taught in CSPE as it links up to many of the core concepts: child soldiers, refugees, famine etc.


  • #6
    Tigerandahalf
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    The primary curriculum has changed from teaching the facts about the wars (WWI started in 1914..etc) to more of an understanding of what it must have been like to have been in the war. It is more of a 'wooly' approach. Kids in future won't have a clue of the basic facts about wars and in truth they are too young to understand and empathise with what happens during wars.
    Some teachers use role plays and dramas around events that would have happened and in fairness this would give the kids a good understanding and they would certainly learn something. However, many classrooms are too small and class sizes too big to be able to accommodate this type of learning. Issues like discipline and kids being not mature enough arise, thus teachers don't use the approach. Some teachers would be using ICT to show videos, sounds and pictures of wars, a bit of an improvement from the few pictures in a textbook. Younger kids will inevitably be more detached as it's not from their parents time. When we were young most of our parents and grandparents would have been able to relate stories from the time which would have made it more interesting.


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