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Improving Collaboration Through Action Learning: Guidance For Children's And Young Person's Services Committees In Ireland., Denise O'Leary

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This action learning handbook draws from the experiences of the Kerry Children’s and Young People’s Services Committee (CYPSC) Working Groups who engaged in an action learning intervention to improve collaboration, between October 2013 and June 2014. The intervention was designed by Dr Denise O’Leary and Dr Clare Rigg from the Institute of Technology Tralee. If you are a member of another county’s Children’s and Young People’s Services Committee Working Group, this handbook will provide you with the information and tools to implement a similar action learning intervention in order to:

• Improve collaboration within your county’s CYPSC structure
• Improve collaboration and …

Digital Literacy, Digital Opportunities, Brian O'Neill, Thuy Dinh

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Summary

• Online activities for 9-16 year olds in Ireland are substantially below European norms leaving many opportunities unexplored.

• 57% of young people don’t go beyond the second step of a ‘ladder of opportunities’.

• Cluster analysis shows that ‘a low use, low risk’ pattern to be the most prominent followed by a “moderate-use, entertainment and communication- oriented” use of the internet.

• Young people’s digital skills are closer to the European average though less than half express confidence in their own skills.

• Younger children, in particular, are lacking in many basic safety skills.

Irish Kids Online: Comparing Youth And Parent Perspectives, Brian O'Neill, Thuy Dinh

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Parents in Ireland do take an active interest in their children’s internet use. However, they tend to be more restrictive in their approach compared to other countries in Europe with a consequent reduction in children’s online opportunities.

This report compares young people’s and parents’ responses in the EU Kids Online survey. It shows that parents are not always aware of risks their children encounter, are perhaps more fearful of online dangers, and express less confidence about their ability to help their children to cope with problems they encounter.

The implications of these findings suggest that it is important that …

Eu Kids Online: Risks And Safety On The Internet From The Perspective Of European Children, Brian O'Neill

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Children's Online Activities And Their Parents' Knowledge And Perception About Online Opportunities And Risks, Brian O'Neill

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What Is Research Telling Us?, Brian O'Neill

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Findings Of The Eu Kids Online Project, Brian O'Neill

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Fostering Critical Thinking And Intercultural Understanding: Canada’S Contribution To Media Literacy, Brian O'Neill

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Digital Radio In Europe: Technologies, Industries And Cultures, Brian O'Neill

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Eu Kids Online: Young People’S Internet Use In Four European Countries And Implications For Media Literacy Provision, Brian O'Neill

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Panel Title: EU Kids Online: young people’s internet use in four European countries and implications for media literacy provision This panel presents findings arising from the EC-funded ‘EU Kids Online’ thematic network on research into young people’s use of the internet and online technologies (see www.eukidsonline.net). The internet is now an integral element of young people’s everyday media consumption, presenting new risks, opportunities and responsibilities. Perspectives on children’s online safety are divided between protectionist approaches, which view children as potential victims of harmful internet content and educational perspectives, which prioritise the development of young people’s critical media literacy skills to …

Children’S Rights And Journalism Practice: A Rights-Based Perspective, Michael Foley, Noirin Hayes, Brian O'Neill

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In 2008, DIT was commissioned by UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) to develop curriculum training materials for journalism and professional communications departments in CEE/CIS on the subject of Journalism and Children’s Rights. Reform and modernisation of the curriculum of journalism schools in the region is recognised as the most effective means of ensuring a responsible media. The project objective is to embed at source the concept of children’s rights among students of journalism/media/communications for specific implementation in relevant media training schools of the CEE/CIS.The educational materials developed are intended to …

Digital Radio Cultures In Europe, Brian O'Neill

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