Technological Skills and Global Issues:
Leaving Certificate Design and Communication Graphics (DCG) projects refine problem-solving skills, transferable to addressing global challenges through innovative solutions and diverse perspectives.
Sustainability and Environmental Awareness:
DCG can explore eco-friendly design which nurtures environmental responsibility, aligning with global citizenship's environmental focus.
Ethical Considerations:
DCG can host discussions around the graphical awareness of justice, fairness, and human rights on a global scale.
Communication and Collaboration:
Engagement in collaborative DCG projects highlights cross-cultural cooperation's significance in global issue resolution.
Cultural Awareness and Diversity:
DCG's exposure to diverse graphics nurtures respect for global cultural diversity.
Social Impact and Responsibility:
DCG equips students to address and visually represent information without language through thoughtful technological solutions.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Encouraging innovation within students aligns with global citizenship's call for inventive approaches.
Connecting DCG and Global Citizenship:
Integrating DCG into Global Citizenship Education enhances graduates' skills and values, fostering technically adept, ethically conscious, culturally sensitive, and globally engaged citizens.
Sustainability and Ethics:
1. Investigate and assess impacts of global design choices.
2. Integrate sustainable principles into projects, showcasing commitment to responsible innovation that minimizes adverse environmental effects.
Global Context and Diversity:
1. Examine adaptable solutions in varied contexts, highlighting importance of culturally responsive design.
2. Recognize cultural contributions to advancements, nurturing cultural awareness and global perspective.
Innovation and Problem Solving:
1. Collaborate to address intricate challenges, promoting teamwork and diverse viewpoints for innovative solutions.
2. Analyze and refine designs for real-world issues, showcasing adaptability and problem-solving skills.
Communication and Collaboration:
1. Effectively convey concepts through clear presentations, mirroring global citizenship's emphasis on cross-cultural understanding.
2. Collaborate within team settings to tackle global challenges.
Social Responsibility and Impact:
1. Evaluate projects' societal effects, cultivating awareness of potential social impact.
2. Reflect on roles in shaping equitable world through responsible choices.
Critical Thinking and Decision Making:
1. Breakdown and solve complex graphical problems.
2. Make informed decisions considering the representation of graphical information.
Civic Engagement and Action:
1. Identify global challenges for innovative solutions, linking contributions to global problem-solving.
2. Actively participate in projects for local and global impact, embodying civic responsibility.
In this strand:
The study of projection systems highlights the significance of visual representation, mirroring Global Citizenship Education's emphasis on understanding complex global challenges from multiple perspectives.
This exploration fosters a nuanced approach to addressing multifaceted issues, a skill essential for responsible global engagement.
In this strand:
Students are encouraged to use a range of visual communication techniques such as freehand sketching.
Design and Communication Graphics (DCG) aligns with Global Citizenship Education's call for effective cross-cultural dialogue as a means to address and solve real-world challenges.
Appreciating universal projection systems and mastering the intricacies of 2D and 3D shapes within graphics not only enriches technical skills but also resonates with the principles of Global Citizenship Education. DCG's cultivation of critical thinking and visual communication abilities equips students to apply graphics principles to tangible solutions for real-world problems.
Two Assessments:
Written examination paper.
Student assignment completed in the final year of the course.
Both of these assessment methods encourage students to:
Communicate clearly and effectively
Actively engage in a practical and authentic learning experience that allows them to, individually or collaboratively, explore the applications of engineering in the world around them.
Display their understanding of the communication of design
Demonstrate their problem-solving skills and to convey their knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles involved in plane and descriptive geometry.
CGE: The idea of learning alongside practical experiences.
These assessment methods aim to push students to communicate effectively, think critically about global issues, and find innovative solutions to global challenges using visual communication graphics.