How can parents accept that their children may not follow in their footsteps? Should children be able to choose a career in which they’re happy or passionate? As parents, we consciously or unconsciously guide our children toward certain choices and away from others. But parental pressure on career choice is another matter, with parents expecting their children to choose a …
It isn’t easy to choose a career and figure out what you want to do in life. It often takes years of struggle and hard work to discover what makes you happy. Helping young people find their passions can make a big difference and can help in choosing a career path. If people pursue work they don’t enjoy, no matter …
Ideas that stick are those that are understood and remembered. As an educator, you are at the frontline of stickiness. You have a limited time to help your students learn, understand and remember concepts and ideas. And that is pretty challenging. Most of your students aren’t running into school eager to learn about sedimentary rocks, trigonometry or compounds. But there …
Overall, about one in six college students in Ireland do not progress to second year. However, the dropout rate is as high as 70% for many courses and fields such as construction, engineering and business studies have some of the highest dropout rates. Dropping out of college can be traumatic and costly for the student and their family and it …
Children start understanding prejudice by the time they turn three and by the time they enter pre-school, they can already see how characteristics such as skin colour or gender affect how people perceive them and their peers. Given that the Immigrant Council of Ireland recently stated that Muslims living in this country continue to suffer physical and verbal abuse as well as widespread discrimination, …
For the past 20 years, employers have stated that they want employees who are able to display the 4 Cs – critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication skills. Secondary schools have a significant role in helping students develop these skills to prepare them for the world of work. In this blog post, we have listed four areas that need to …
Research from the ESRI found that nearly 50% of young people regretted their post-leaving cert college and work choices and 53% said that they would not follow the same path again. This is reflected in the high college dropout rate (Around 1 in 6 students drop out in their first year). Research from sources such as Waterford Institute of Technology and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching …
As many college graduates and school leavers enter the workforce in Dublin and Ireland for the first time, this blog post provides 5 career guidance tips to help them (the advice applies to others as well) navigate and excel in their career. 1. Hit the Ground Running From day one, you should do everything you can to add value to …
If you are thinking about a career change, you may not have the time, the financial resources or even the interest to pursue a college degree and this can lead some people to think that their best choice is to stick to their current career no matter how unfulfilling it is. Further training will be required in most cases to …
Thousands of teenagers have just completed their Leaving Certificate exams and they have spent the past year or more being told how important it is. It can be easy to feel that standardised exams such as the Leaving Certificate are society’s way of telling us what we are all worth and there’s no doubt that your results in these exams …