Teacher training - basic and specialist teacher training - Ireland
Primary teachers are trained for three years in Colleges of Education. Candidates for training must have reached a designated standard in the State Leaving Certificate Examination. These colleges are affiliated to Universities. On successful completion of the courses, teachers are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Education. In most cases, they are then qualified to teach in primary and special schools.
For further information on programmes and courses, please visit the following websites:
St. Patrick’s College, Dublin
Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál (Mary Immaculate College), Limerick
The Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin
Marino Institute of Education, Dublin
Froebel College of Education, Dublin
Montessori College (AMI), Dublin
Hibernia College of Education provides online programmes at undergraduate and graduate level. The College is accredited by the Irish Government's qualifications awarding body for third-level educational and training institutions outside the university sector, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council. Hibernia College's graduate teacher training programme, The Higher Diploma in Primary Education for primary school teachers, is fully approved by the Dept. of Education and Science.
Second-level teachers take basic degrees (Bachelor) degree over three or four years in universities or institutes of technology. They may then attend a one-year full-time university course leading to a Higher Diploma in Education. Please visit the following websites for further information on graduate and postgraduate programmes and courses:
Universities
The University of Dublin/Trinity College
National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Institutes of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Waterford Institute of Technology
Blanchardstown (Dublin) Institute of Technology
Athlone Institute of Technology
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Limerick Institute of Technology
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Tipperary Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology, Carlow
Institute of Technology, Tralee
Institute of Technology, Sligo
Institute of Technology, Tallaght
Undergraduate and graduate programmes in Home Economics, Music, Art, Design and Technology, and Religious Education are offered by some of these institutes and by some specialist colleges.
Please visit the following websites for further information:
St. Angela’s College, Sligo
The National College of Art and Design, Dublin
All Hallows College, Dublin
Mater Dei Institute of Education
Specialist Teacher Training
Most of the Colleges of Education and some universities offer programmes leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in SEN
Please visit the following websites for details:
St. Patrick’s College, Dublin
Coláiste Mhuire gan Smál (Mary Immaculate College), Limerick
The Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin
St. Angela’s College, Sligo
National University of Ireland, Galway
All of the above offer postgraduate programmes in SEN at masters’ level. In addition, most university Education Departments offer postgraduate programmes in SEN studies at masters and doctoral level. Please visit relevant websites for details.
Froebel College of Education offers a Certificate in the Teaching of Gifted and Exceptionally Able Children
St. Patrick's College offers a Graduate Certificate in the Education of Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. It also, in collaboration with the Institute of Child Education & Psychology (ICEP Europe), offers an accredited on-line diploma in special/inclusive education for primary and post-primary teachers.
See website of ICEP for further details
Last modified Apr 16, 2009
