About Education
The courses in the Faculty of Education foster interest in the arts, motivating and challenging students to achieve their creative potential, providing them with the skills they need to do so, contributing to the continued health and vibrancy of our visual culture. The Faculty prepares students for teaching in the visual arts at second level through the BA in Art and Design Education and its postgraduate Higher Diploma in Art and Education. It also provides an innovative range of part-time courses including certificate award bearing courses through the Centre for Continuing Education in Art and Design.
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Faculty of Education
Centre for Continuing Education in Art and Design
- Certificate in Drawing and Visual Investigation
- NUI CERTIFICATE: Photography and Digital Imaging (P+DI)
Postgraduate Studies
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Art Teacher Register
If you would like to receive information from the Faculty of Education in NCAD that might be of interest to Art teachers/educators please join our Art teacher register. To join the Art teacher register please send an email to Patsey Bodkin at bodkinp@ncad.ie stating that you wish to be included in the Art teacher register.
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