TeachMeet East in St. Patrick’s National School, Glencullen, on March 6th was my first time presenting at a TeachMeet. A 7 minute crash course in gifted education is hectic but it was great to get the chance to present to 60 or so teachers on the importance of recognising gifted […]
Gifted Education
A little while ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Jeff Shoemaker via Skype. One of the things that stuck me about teachers of gifted children is that no matter how much training or experience we have, nothing beats mulling over with other teachers approaches to meeting the needs of […]
We Never Arrive, We Only Journey – #gtbloghop – February ...
Gifted Students-Maynooth 2014
Maynooth Talk 2014
On Monday 23rd September, Fred Boss (@FBoss) kindly allowed me to take over #edchatie for a Twitter chat to mark Gifted Education Awareness Week 2013. #edchatie is a weekly chat on issues of interest to teachers and other educators. You can view past #edchatie chats here. #edchatie attracts a wide […]
#edchatie ‘Challenging Gifted Children in the mixed-ability classroom’
As plans come together for this year’s Gifted Education Awareness Week, here is a quick review of last year’s GEAW thanks to Dazzled and Frazzled’s blog. This year’s GEAW plans will move Gifted awareness further along the road. New parents support groups have formed thanks to GTNetwork Ireland, there […]
Gifted Education Awareness Week – Looking Back to Look Forward
The 3rd Gifted Education Awareness Week in Ireland runs from Monday 22nd to Friday 28th September 2013. Gifted Education Awareness Week is an initiative of Gifted and Talented Ireland and is promoted through this site and Gifted and Talented Network Ireland. The aim of Gifted Education Awareness Week is to raise awareness […]
Gifted Education Awareness Week 2013
The recent case of a divorcing couple has garnered some attention because of an unusual ruling which a High Court judge had to make in the case. In his judgement, Justice Hogan ruled that a 12 year old boy should attend a private school. (disclaimer: I teach in a fee-charging school) […]
Are Gifted Children Better Off in Private Schools?
I heard a story from one of my lecturers when training to be a teacher, which illustrates possibly one of the most important aspects of teaching – perhaps even more important than the actually teaching – that is, the quality of the relationship between the teacher and the students. The […]
The Power of Positive Regard
The following summary was produced by Catherine Riordan The Gifted Phoenix Manifesto for Gifted Education was the topic for discussion at #gtie on Sunday 24th March. To use his own words “Gifted Phoenix is the social media pseudonym of Tim Dracup a UK-based consultant in – and commentator on – […]