Graphics Skills and Global Issues: Developing graphics skills involves visual problem-solving, applicable to understanding and addressing global challenges through creative visual communication and design thinking.
Sustainability and Environmental Awareness: Learning graphic design principles that consider sustainable materials and practices aligns with global citizenship's emphasis on environmental responsibility. Recognizing global environmental concerns encourages responsible design choices.
Ethical Considerations: Exploring ethical considerations in graphic design, such as accurate representation and cultural sensitivity, connects to global citizenship's focus on ethical awareness, respect for diverse cultures, and social justice.
Communication and Collaboration: Graphic design often involves teamwork and effective visual communication, mirroring global citizenship's emphasis on cross-cultural collaboration and communication skills essential for engaging in global dialogues.
Cultural Awareness and Diversity: Graphic design exposes students to various visual aesthetics and cultural symbols, supporting global citizenship's emphasis on appreciating and valuing diverse cultures through visual representation.
Social Impact and Responsibility: Understanding the potential impact of visual communication on social attitudes and behaviors prepares students to create graphics that positively influence society, contributing responsibly to global challenges.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Encouraging creative and innovative graphic design aligns with global citizenship's call for creative problem-solving and innovative approaches to addressing global issues, promoting entrepreneurial thinking.
Connecting Junior Cycle Graphics to Global Citizenship Education, students can develop visual communication skills within a global context. This provides a foundation for students to think critically, communicate effectively, and consider the ethical and societal implications of graphic design on both local and global communities.
Sustainability and Ethics:
1. Analyze the environmental implications of graphic design choices.
2. Apply ethical considerations to graphic design projects, addressing issues of representation, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivity to create visually responsible and sustainable solutions.
Global Context and Diversity:
1. Investigate how visual communication strategies vary across cultures and regions.
2. Explore the historical and contemporary contributions of diverse cultures to graphic design and visual communication, appreciating the richness of global design heritage.
Innovation and Problem Solving:
1. Collaborate with peers in the development of creative design solutions, incorporating diverse viewpoints to address complex visual communication challenges.
2. Analyze and refine graphic design solutions based on feedback and real-world limitations, demonstrating adaptability and problem-solving skills in design iterations.
Communication and Collaboration:
1. Communicate graphic design concepts through presentations, utilizing visual and verbal communication to convey ideas clearly.
2. Work collaboratively within team settings to achieve shared graphic design objectives, fostering effective teamwork, and coordination for successful project outcomes.
Social Responsibility and Impact:
1. Evaluate the social impact of graphic design projects on local and global communities, considering visual communication's potential to influence perceptions, behaviors, and societal attitudes.
2. Reflect on personal and collective responsibility in using graphic design to promote equity, justice, and positive social change in diverse communities.
Critical Thinking and Decision Making:
1. Analyze the potential implications, both positive and negative, of different design choices, making informed decisions that reflect ethical, cultural, and practical considerations.
2. Evaluate the consequences of design decisions on short-term and long-term visual communication goals, demonstrating critical thinking and strategic decision-making skills.
Civic Engagement and Action:
1. Identify global challenges that can be addressed through graphic design and visual communication, exploring ways in which design can contribute to raising awareness and driving positive change.
2. Participate actively in graphic design projects that engage with local and global issues, demonstrating a commitment to using design skills for impactful civic engagement and positive societal outcomes.
In this strand:
Students engage with the concepts and principles of 2D constructions, 2D shapes and projection systems.
Students will gain an appreciation of the application of 2D graphics to problem solve and develop an understanding of the role of 2D graphics in the creation of 3D objects and representations.
GCE: Appreciating unique design elements, and the role of graphics can relate to GCE's appreciation for the complexity of global issues.
In this strand:
Students will engage with the principles underpinning 3D objects, modelling systems and graphical conventions. This strand is of specific importance in developing each student’s ability in visual imagery and representation.
3D objects, modeling systems, and graphical conventions can develop students' abilities in visual imagery and representation.
GCE: Visual communication skills are essential for global communication. Students learn to convey ideas and messages effectively through 2D and 3D graphics, enabling them to communicate across cultures and languages.
In this strand:
Students will draw on the knowledge, principles and techniques developed through the 2D Graphics and 3D Graphics strands to create and communicate solutions and information graphically.
Students should be encouraged to investigate their physical environment and to apply the principles of 2D Graphics and 3D Graphics to the solution of a variety of problems.
GCE: Encouraging students to investigate their physical environment and apply graphics principles to solve various problems aligns with GCE's emphasis on critical thinking, problem-solving, and real-world applications.
Graphics education can contribute to GCE by promoting critical thinking, visual communication skills, and encouraging students to apply graphics principles to solve real-world problems. By incorporating elements of cultural appreciation, students can develop a broader understanding of their roles as global citizens and the potential of graphics in addressing global challenges.
Two Classroom-Based Assessments:
Communicating through sketching
Graphical presentation skills
Both of these assessment methods encourage students to:
Communicate clearly and effectively
Collaborate with others on tasks
These CBAS present students with the opportunity to communicate through sketching. The students will be asked to graphically communicate their ideas using 2D and 3D sketching techniques in response to a given theme.
CGE: The idea of learning alongside practical experiences.