For years, the government has ignored what can only be described as the ‘plight’ of Exceptionally Able children in Irish classrooms. The NCCA did its bit by producing the Draft Guidelines. However, there was never a wholesale attempt to develop those aspects of teacher training and practice across the school […]
Education Reform
So, following on from Part 1, here are some suggestions for educational reform. Government Level It is too much to expect in a parochial and insular society like much of Ireland that our Minister for Education would be more than a political party hack. In an ideal world, they would […]
Education Reform in Ireland Part 2
Before I get started on the title of this post, let me throw out a few things from the recesses of my mind. When I was in secondary school, my RE teacher had a poster on the class wall (top right hand corner above the blackboard) of a pile of […]