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! welcome … to the December 2017 edition of TY UPDATE, the last one for 2017. ! We extend a warm welcome to our new TY Ambassador, Jiang O’Neill. She is a TY student from St. Aloysius School in Cork and we’re delighted to have her on the TYI team. Read more about her on page 6. ! In September we hosted our third TY EXPO in Punchestown , Co. Kildare. This year’s event was our biggest and best yet and the feedback has been fantastic. ! This year’s TY EXPO also included the award ceremony for the first ever Richard Burke TY Personified Awards. We ! 18 0 2 O P X E TY 10 & 11 SEPTEMBER 2018 / PUNCHESTOWN RACECOURSE / NAAS / CO. KILDARE were honoured to have the children of Richard Burke attend the award and give a special dedication to the man who introduced TY over 40 years ago. You can read more about the awards and the TY EXPO in this edition. contributions from a number of different sources. Of late there has been a lot of media attention to the subject of critical thinking, not surprising given the dramatic changes in the world over the last 12 months. The subject is a very important one and one that fits perfectly with the aims and objectives of Transition Year ! We would love to hear from you. If you have ideas, comments or articles you’d like to share please contact us. ! As always you will find in this edition useful information and ideas for TY, but it is by no means definitive. For that you will need to visit our website from time-to-time. (tyireland.com) ! If you have any contributions you would like to make yourself we would love to hear from you. ! Looking forward to 2018 it promises to be another exciting year in TY land but for now we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. Ed ! For this reason we decided to give this important topic centre stage in this edition, with TY Update About TY Update! TY Update is a quarterly publication by TYI (Transition Year Ireland). The magazine is sent to Principals, Guidance Counsellors and TY Coordinators at all schools that offer TY. The extended circulation includes parents, external service providers and other interested parties. extended! About the Editor! Edwin Landzaad has over 10 years experience in 3rd level education as Lecturer, Head of Department and Head of School (Architecture). He has a strong interest in In - Service Learning and is co- founder of Transition Year Ireland contents R DISCOVE T CONNEC RED BE INSPI TY Update PO 20 16 OVER DISC NEC CON IRED SP BE IN 12 & 13 September 2016 O 2015 6 TY EXP PO 201 TY EX TY EX PO 20 17 OVER DISC NEC CON IRED SP BE IN O 2015 6 TY EXP PO 201 .. THE RICHA RD BURK E September 201 TY EXPO 2017 GAISCE THE PRES AWARD IDENT’S EXPO 2017 TY TY EX OVER DISC NEC CON IRED SP BE IN 7 EDITION O 2015 6 TY EXP PO 201 TY EX PO 20 TY EX 17 DISC OVER IRED SP BE IN TY personified AWARD Previous editions of this publication can be found at THIS LINK The Ultimate Cheat-sheet for Critical Thinking What’s the deal with all the Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking; It’s Critical PsychSlam Richard Burke TY Personified Awards 2017 Zeminar 2017 SciFest: STEM of every TY Critical Thinking in Researching Drug abuse Critical Thinking v Fake News TY EXPO 2017 & TY EXPO 2018 www.tyireland.com [email protected] 089 212 1490 / 089 212 1417 Twitter : @tyyearireland Facebook: /tyeire TY Update May 2017 6 6 TY EX TY Update December 201 September 201 page 4 page 5 page 9 page 13 page 17 page 19 page 21 page 25 page 26 page 30 1 WWW.T YIRELAND.COM