{"id":2101,"date":"2026-03-02T11:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:49:08","slug":"polarised-through-hope-story-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/polarised-through-hope-story-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Polarised\u2019 through Hope: Story Of Change\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Kingswood Community College in Dublin, teacher Niamh O\u2019Halloran and student Sol Stuart wanted to challenge the polarised way migration is often discussed online. Their documentary called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exlpPC7vUrs&amp;t=17s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Polarised<\/em><\/strong><\/a> focuses on how our consumption of media and the rise of disinformation and misinformation are leading to political polarisation. Their vision was to help young people move beyond \u201cfor or against\u201d arguments and instead build empathy, critical thinking, and deeper understanding of complex global issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong>Inspired by learning in politics classes and supported by the <strong>Global Education Time (GET) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/tlus\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1873\">Teaching and Learning Units (TLUs)<\/a><\/strong>, they saw an opportunity to use creative storytelling to explore how media and online spaces influence attitudes. Rather than debating opinions, they chose to investigate <em>how<\/em> opinions are formed and reinforced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong>The result was a documentary called <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exlpPC7vUrs&amp;t=17s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Polarised<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which prompted viewers to reflect on how extreme views develop. Feedback from surveys, comments, and messages showed increased awareness and openness among audiences. Some participants even shared that answering the survey questions helped them become more open-minded\u2014showing the power of structured reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/03\/GET-Polarised-Winners-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2107\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4183096438942382;width:706px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/03\/GET-Polarised-Winners-edited.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/03\/GET-Polarised-Winners-edited-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong>Migration is frequently framed through simplified narratives that increase division. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exlpPC7vUrs&amp;t=17s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Polarised<\/em><\/strong><\/a> helped shift viewers from passive media consumption to thoughtful engagement and empathy. The National Competition winning video further amplified its reach, proving student-led projects can foster dialogue and challenge polarisation.&nbsp;Watch the full documentary here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exlpPC7vUrs&amp;t=17s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Polarised \u2013 winner of the Right Focus 2025\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Kingswood Community College in Dublin, teacher Niamh O\u2019Halloran and student Sol Stuart wanted to challenge the polarised way migration is often discussed online. Their documentary called Polarised focuses on how our consumption of media and the rise of disinformation and misinformation are leading to political polarisation. Their vision was to help young people move beyond \u201cfor or against\u201d arguments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globaleducationtime.eu\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}