Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Question:115. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when she will publish the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment's Traveller Culture and Heritage research report. [10573/23]
View answerWednesday, 1 March 2023
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the NCCA has this week published its research report on Traveller Culture and History in the curriculum. The report is available on www.ncca.ie.
This report aims to provide an important resource to support teachers, practitioners and students in understanding and appreciating Traveller culture and history. Funding was provided by my Department to enable the appointment of a full-time NCCA Education Officer in September, 2020 to undertake this work. The NCCA's work has been supported and informed by an expert group which has advised on various aspects of Traveller culture and history including, for example, music, art and language.
In order to augment the research report and illustrate how it can support teaching and learning, the NCCA will now work to gather examples of practice in teaching and learning about aspects of Traveller culture and history contained within the report.
The Deputy may wish to note that, alongside this work, the NCCA has commenced a review of the Intercultural Guidelines for primary and post-primary schools, in order to support the further integration of intercultural education in the curriculum.