Group Project Blog

About Opt Out Ireland I researched the organisation  Opt Out Ireland . This organisation provides a service where information from schools and people can be shared. This information relates to how schools are dealing with children who are opting out of religion across Ireland. This service gives people and schools the opportunity to learn practises that are in place among other schools in Ireland. This gives schools the opportunity to take a look at their current policy and consider implementing other procedures that they might see other schools using. The service also helps people who may be a parent, guardian or carer for a child who needs information in regards to opting out. Religion and Education The Opt Out Ireland website stated that "97.5% of primary schools are under the patronage of a religious group". There is "20% of the population now identifying as a minority faith or of no faith at all". This has forced primary schools "to make de...

Team name: Fantastic Four Participation:  We agree… To equally spread the work load     among the group members evenly To work to the best of our ability To participate in an effective manner with assigned tasks Communication:  We agree… To communicate respectfully and fairly amongst the group To establish good communication within in the group To actively communicate with the group Meetings:  We agree… To attend all group meetings unless you have a valid reason for not being there To contribute as best you can in group meetings To arrive on time and not waste time in group meetings Conduct:  We agree… To only give constructive feedback to members To not give negative feedback to other group members To not bully team members Conflict:  We agree… To solve any conflict within the group in a respectful and appropriate manner To avoid conflict at all costs To have a group meeting to resolve the conflict ...

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Atheist Ireland Atheist Ireland is an Irish advocacy group. They promote atheism and an ethical, secular society where the State does not support or finance or give special treatment to any Religion. This links in with our group project work as this organisation is trying to get rid of Religion in all schools and make it optional. I found this organisation online and their website is very helpful :  https://atheist.ie/information/about/ Every month they carry out several activities as part of their ‘various campaigns’ In this they include publishing  ·        Articles ·        Lobbying ·        Organising events ·        Attending debates ·        Media interviews Their  priority  is to  challenge religious discrimination in the Irish education  system and Constitution. This incl...

                                                        Prototype Interviewees: ·          Parent with a child in primary school/was in primary school. Location of this interviewee: in their house ·         Primary school teacher Location: in a class room. ·         Primary school student      Location: empty lecture theatre/at home. ·         Priest     Location: in a church/near one. ·         Current primary school student    Location: prayer room. ·         Elderly man/woman     Location: in their home- living room ·  ...

                                        Introduction  Group name: Fantastic Four Group members:Bunch of Weapons  Katie Persson                                  Ciaran Daniels                           Jordan Dempsey Sean Keely                                 Jamie Gannon We are all students in TUD Blanchardstown’s campus. We are in second year of creative digital media. This blog has been made for our second-year project. This blog will have all our work we will do throughout the year and have details about our group project. Our theme for the project this year is identity. For the first semester we will plannin...