Guest Post: Teach Anyway
This is an inspirational Guest Post for the beginning of a new year from Peter Lydon:
Teachers,
You will be told that your holidays are too long; teach anyway.
You will be told that you must raise standards even though you always aim to get the best out of your kids; teach anyway.
You will not be given tax-breaks, bonuses, expensed-cars or luxury Christmas gifts; teach anyway.
You will be told to take a pay cut because the government can’t afford to pay your salaries; teach anyway. read more…
Interview with Hibernia College President – Call For Questions
Seomra Ranga is delighted to announce that Dr. Seán Rowland, President of Hibernia College, has kindly agreed to be the next subject in our interview series.
Background
Dr. Seán Rowland, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. Having attended St. Patrick’s College in Dublin, he taught at primary school level for five years before travelling to the US to attend Boston College. Here he was awarded a Masters Degree in Curriculum, Instruction and Administration. He then pursued and completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction and Administration (CIA) with a focus on educational finance within the CIA programme. Dr. Rowland also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. read more…
The Story of Extinction
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of the concept of extinction. A few hundred years ago, extinction as a concept made no sense to anyone. But then fossil finds and advances in geology showed that it’s part of life, and a statistical certainty -…
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The Story of the Brain
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of how scientists viewed the brain from earliest times. It tells how our understanding of how the brain works and controls our bodies has developed and evolved over the years….
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The Story of Physics
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history and development of physics from earliest times. Balls, pendulums, apples and magnets all played their part in the story of modern physics, but then things got weird. And when Albert Einstein combined time and space, things got even…
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The Story of Exploration
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of exploration from earliest times, mentioning different types of travel and the instruments that explorers used to navigate ending with modern space exploration….
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The Story of Music
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of music from earliest times, mentioning Pythagoras, Beethoven and Thomas Edison and their contributions to the evolution of music….
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The Netherlands
Powerpoint presentation on the Netherlands including information on location, physical features, political structure, cities and things it is famous for. It also includes information on the unique aspects of the Netherlands like polders, dams and dykes.
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Arts in Education Charter Launched
Image courtesy DES website
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan TD, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, have jointly launched an Arts in Education Charter. This Charter places new responsibilities on Government Departments, agencies, cultural institutions and arts organisations in terms of providing and promoting arts education to children and young people. read more…
Eanáir 2013
This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Eanáir 2013. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard.
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