Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Education obviously requires people to learn and in order for that to happen, they need to be taught by teachers. There is to a certain extent a requirement to go through the orthodox method of learning. What is Mr. Sharpe's assessment of the balance we have in the country at present? Is the way we teach still too traditional or is the balance improving as time progresses?