Irish students are not interested in the history of Northern Ireland, according to Vincent Rogers, Secondary School Curricular Officer at the Department of Education.
The theme of bigotry that comes good in the end has failed to capture the imaginations of school goers.
Pupils aged between 14 and 18 find the topic ‘full of pettiness, intransigence and meaningless violence.’
New Media Learning techniques will be in place from next September, when the history of the North becomes a significant component in the Leaving Certificate.
NML reaches out to students in their own language. Traditional book learning is to be supplemented with powerpoint presentations.
One of the most exciting pilot projects will have teachers, standing at the top of the class, sending text messages which explain complex problems in the space of 260 characters to their pupils. It is hoped that in the near future most of the lesson will be carried out via text.
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