NCI Blog

It’s quite fashionable to say the education system is broken. It’s not broken, it's wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. It’s outdated. - Sugata Mitra

There is little doubt that teaching, learning and development in the 21st century is undergoing fundamental and substantial change. Learning is no longer limited to primary or secondary school contexts – there is now a growing need for professional educators to meet the needs of lifelong learners in workplace, community, voluntary or other educational settings.

Dr Leo Casey, Director of Learning and Teaching at National College of Ireland. More than ever we need skilled trainers for the future but we also need new specialists with broader skills in workforce learning and development. At National College of Ireland we have developed new and exciting programmes to meet this challenge and to produce new educators for our new economy. (Read about our new BA Honours in Adult and Workforce Education or BA Honours in Early Childhood Education).