{"id":80,"date":"2025-12-11T05:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:00:28","slug":"our-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/ga\/our-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1r bhFeals\u00fanacht"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- OUR PHILOSOPHY - GCAS College Dublin -->\n<style>\n.philosophy-page {\n font-family: inherit;\n max-width: 900px;\n margin: 0 auto;\n margin-top: 50px;\n}\n.philosophy-hero {\n text-align: center;\n padding: 60px 20px;\n background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0a0a0a 0%, #1a1a2e 100%);\n border-radius: 8px;\n margin-bottom: 50px;\n}\n.philosophy-hero h1 {\n font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem);\n font-weight: 400;\n color: #ffffff;\n margin-bottom: 20px;\n line-height: 1.2;\n}\n.philosophy-hero h1 em {\n font-style: italic;\n color: #e85a4f;\n}\n.philosophy-hero-intro {\n font-size: 1.15rem;\n color: #cccccc;\n 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foghlaim agus eolas a fhiosr\u00fa. Cuirtear an tsaoirse acad\u00fail i mbaol de bharr fiacha mac l\u00e9inn. Mar sin, chrutha\u00edomar sp\u00e1s chun an smaointeoireacht chritici\u00fail agus an mhachnamh a choth\u00fa agus a spreagadh, gan br\u00fanna eacnama\u00edocha.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-comic\">\n <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gcas.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ted.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Ted Rall comic illustrating how GCAS offers an alternative to the education-industrial complex\">\n <p class=\"philosophy-comic-caption\">L\u00e9ar\u00e1id le Ted Rall<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-commitments\">\n <h3>T\u00e1 \u00e1r gCol\u00e1iste bunaithe ar na gealltanais seo a leanas:<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Saoirse Acad\u00fail<\/strong> \u2014 An tsaoirse chun smaoineamh, ceisti\u00fa, agus taisc\u00e9aladh gan srian<\/li>\n <li><strong>Na hEala\u00edona Liobr\u00e1lacha<\/strong> \u2014 Bunsraith leathan chun an domhan a thuiscint<\/li>\n <li><strong>T\u00f3g\u00e1il R\u00e9iteach Cruthaitheach<\/strong> \u2014 Cur chuige nu\u00e1lach a fhorbairt i leith fadhbanna casta<\/li>\n <li><strong>R\u00e9iteach Fadhbanna \u00c9iceola\u00edocha<\/strong> \u2014 Ag tabhairt aghaidh ar dh\u00fashl\u00e1in comhshaoil go tuisceanach<\/li>\n <li><strong>Modh Comhroinnte L\u00e9iri\u00fach\u00e1in Oideachais<\/strong> \u2014 Comh\u00fain\u00e9ireacht an fhoghlaim<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-section\">\n <h2>Pobal Foghlama D\u00edl\u00e1raithe<\/h2>\n <p>Is pobal l\u00e1rnach de chuid na n-eala\u00edon liobr\u00e1lach muid a spreagann smaointeoireacht dh\u00e1nach chr\u00f3ga at\u00e1 fr\u00e9amhaithe sa stair agus i r\u00e9as\u00fana\u00edocht fianaise-bhunaithe.<\/p>\n <p>N\u00edor cheart go mbeadh an seomra ranga faoi smacht riamh ag foghlaim theib\u00ed, de r\u00e9ir glais, n\u00e1 ag t\u00f3g\u00e1il scr\u00faduithe suaracha. Ina \u00e1it sin, ba cheart go mbeadh an t-oideachas comhoibr\u00edoch go pr\u00edomha, d\u00edrithe ar an dalta, agus go mbainfeadh s\u00e9 le fadhbanna sonracha a eascra\u00edonn as imeachta\u00ed s\u00f3isialta agus eacnama\u00edocha an lae inniu agus as taith\u00ed saoil an duine f\u00e9in.<\/p>\n <p>Ar an mbealach seo, cuirtear dalta\u00ed i dtaith\u00ed ar phr\u00f3iseas foghlama ardfh\u00e9ideartha ina gcuirtear \u201cceist ar an gceist\u201d\u2014is \u00e9 sin, foghlaim tr\u00ed dhul i ngleic go critici\u00fail leis na r\u00e9amhaimsithe a leagann amach an \u201cfhadhb\u201d f\u00e9in sna ceisteanna.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-section\">\n <h2>R\u00f3l an Mh\u00fainteora<\/h2>\n <p>Seachas an m\u00fainteoir ag cur \u00e1bhar r\u00e9amh-eisithe, oibiacht\u00fail ar f\u00e1il do dhalta\u00ed a ghlactar leo mar shoith\u00ed folmha, is \u00e9 an tsamhail at\u00e1 againn n\u00e1 <strong>\u00c9ascaitheoir a chuireann ar chumas pr\u00f3isis comhfhoghlama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <p>Is \u00e9 an c\u00faram at\u00e1 ar an oideola\u00edocht sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann n\u00e1 machnamh a dh\u00e9anamh, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in ar an bhfadhb inti f\u00e9in, ach ar na lionsa\u00ed tr\u00edna dtuigtear, tr\u00edna bpr\u00f3ise\u00e1iltear, agus tr\u00edna ngn\u00edomha\u00edtear uirthi\u2014n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in laistigh d'institi\u00faid\u00ed, ach laistigh den chult\u00far maireacht\u00e1ilte freisin, san \u00e1it a dtagaimid orthu.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-quote\">\n <blockquote>\n \u201cN\u00ed bh\u00edonn an fhoghlaim dh\u00e1ir\u00edre \u00e9asca i gc\u00f3na\u00ed toisc go dtugann s\u00ed d\u00fashl\u00e1n do do thoimhd\u00ed agus go n-iarrann s\u00ed ort fianaise a thabhairt ar an gc\u00fais a bhfuil na creidimh at\u00e1 agat agat. Sin \u00ed \u00e1illeacht an phr\u00f3isis foghlama\u2014pr\u00f3iseas a bhaineann le f\u00e1s, le hionracas, agus leis an bhf\u00edrinne.\u201d\n <\/blockquote>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-section\">\n <h2>Col\u00fain GCAS<\/h2>\n <p>Is \u00e9 an tsamhail oideachais a d'fhorbra\u00edomar an ch\u00e9ad cheann d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id agus t\u00e1 s\u00ed bunaithe ar thr\u00ed phil\u00e9ar bhun\u00fasacha:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-pillars\">\n <div class=\"philosophy-pillar\">\n <h3>D\u00e1mh den Scoth<\/h3>\n <p>Is comh\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed ar an gcol\u00e1iste iad \u00e1r nd\u00e1mh agus \u00e1r gc\u00e9imithe, rud a chinnt\u00edonn comhth\u00e1th\u00fa idir s\u00e1rmhaitheas sa teagasc agus misean na hinstiti\u00faide.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-pillar\">\n <h3>Oideachas Saor \u00f3 Fhiacha<\/h3>\n <p>Tairgtear scol\u00e1ireachta\u00ed laghdaithe t\u00e1ill\u00ed teagaisc do gach mac l\u00e9inn a nglactar leo, bunaithe ar fhi\u00fantas a n-iarratais.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-pillar\">\n <h3>Creidi\u00fan\u00fa an AE<\/h3>\n <p>Cuirimid cl\u00e1ir ch\u00e9ime creidi\u00fanaithe ar f\u00e1il san Aontas Eorpach tr\u00edn\u00e1r n-institi\u00faid chomhph\u00e1irt\u00edochta, Woolf.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-institution\">\n <h2>Mar Institi\u00faid<\/h2>\n <p>N\u00ed fhaighimid maoini\u00fa \u00f3 fhond\u00faireachta\u00ed, \u00f3 ghr\u00fapa\u00ed leasa, n\u00e1 \u00f3n st\u00e1t. Is linne f\u00e9in an chuideachta agus is sinne a oibr\u00edmid \u00ed go comhoibr\u00edoch. Nuair a \u00e9ir\u00edonn t\u00fa i do thaighdeoir, tagann t\u00fa i do chuid d\u00e1r bpobal acad\u00fail, arb \u00e9 a mhisean n\u00e1 beala\u00ed nua d\u00e1na smaointeoireachta agus maireacht\u00e1la sa domhan a chosaint agus a chruth\u00fa.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-cta\">\n <h2>Faigh Taith\u00ed ar Oideachas ar Dh\u00f3igh Eile<\/h2>\n <p>B\u00ed p\u00e1irteach i bpobal ina bhfuil n\u00edos m\u00f3 t\u00e1bhachta le d'fh\u00e1s intleacht\u00fail n\u00e1 le do st\u00e1das airgeadais.<\/p>\n <a href=\"\/ga\/admissions\/\" class=\"philosophy-cta-btn\">Cuir t\u00fas le d'iarratas<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"philosophy-nav\">\n <a href=\"\/ga\/introduction\/\">\u2190 Ar ais go dt\u00ed Maidir le<\/a>\n <a href=\"\/ga\/mission-vision-and-values\/\">Misean &amp; Luachanna \u2192<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Philosophy: Redefining Higher Education GCAS offers a new model to future researchers and students to be free to learn and explore knowledge without debt. 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