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Leaving Certificate Politics and Society (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.
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Leaving Certificate Politics and Society (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.
Complete topic map
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Foundational strand, studied first, introducing how power operates and how collective decisions are made, from the immediate setting of the school up to the national and European political systems.
Examines the distribution of power, forms of authority and participation in decision-making within the student's own school community.
Explores how government, the State and European Union institutions exercise power, make laws and relate to citizens at national and EU level.
Skills-focused strand developing reflective, informed decision-making through debate and discussion and the practical capacities needed to act as an effective citizen.
Considers how individuals and groups participate in and contribute to the life of their communities and to wider civil society.
Develops the ethics and skills of respectful, evidence-based communication, deliberation and engagement with differing viewpoints.
Applies the course's foundational concepts to the principles, frameworks and contested practice of human rights and corresponding responsibilities.
Investigates how human rights and responsibilities are understood, protected and challenged within the Irish State and society.
Extends the study of human rights to European and international frameworks, institutions and global human-rights issues.
Applies foundational concepts to the interconnected processes of globalisation and localisation and their social, cultural, economic and environmental consequences.
Analyses how globalisation shapes culture, economy and individual and collective identity, including responses at the local level.
Examines the concept of sustainable development and the balancing of economic, social and environmental goals locally and globally.
Where this subject applies
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Higher Level
Higher Level — the more demanding level, with broader and deeper content and the H1–H8 grade scale.
Ordinary Level
Ordinary Level — the foundational level covering the core of the syllabus, graded O1–O8.
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