One week on from EU Talent Day and I am finally finding my feet again! Firstly, a big THANK YOU is due to everyone who supported Gifted Education Awareness Day and EU Talent Day. All the organisations who lent official support and helped to spread the ... ...
Although minds have been concentrated nationally on renegotiation of the IMF/EU bailout, job creation and our failed health service, we have recently seen some more success in raising awareness of the educational needs of Exceptionally Able learners. ... ...
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 t... ...
Our education system is a complete mess for so very many reasons. I would imagine, from a teacher's point of view, it must be difficult at times to keep morale up. It is easy for parents to criticise, but we have no idea what it is like to face a room... ...
Teachers With Passion We all know that our teachers can pass through their entire basic training without ever hearing about gifted education at all. Once out, they are faced with classes of maybe thirty students of wide-ranging ability and a good sprin... ...
Parents With Purpose Yes, it’s true that in Ireland we have no gifted and talented programmes in our schools or even a national advocacy organisation. Our teachers receive little or no training in gifted education during their basic training. No, we... ...
Whilst plugged in to Twitter yesterday, I came across a blogpost by Seth Godin, which has played over and over in my mind. In it, he says that rather than accept rejection of our ideas as defeat, the question we need to ask ourselves is: “what a... ...