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Problem Based Learning
Students from the Post Graduate Diploma and Masters in Learning and Teaching participating in a Problem Based Learning Workshop in the Centre for Research and Innovation in Learning and Teaching at National College of Ireland This year we are running a new course at National College of Ireland – the Post-Graduate Diploma and MA in Learning and Teaching. I am course director for this course and I present a module on Theories of Learning and Cognition. We have a core of sixteen students with some additional attendees from the PhD course and faculty development. The students come from a wide variety of backgrounds with one thing in common –…
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Seminar on the Pedagogy of Messy Play
Each Friday during term we hold professional development seminars for faculty and staff at NCI. These events focus on learning, teaching and research and we always have interesting and engaging topics. Today, our colleague Catriona Flood from the Early Learning Initiative at NCI presented a seminar on the pedagogy of messy play. During the summer a number of messy play sessions were organised by the ELC and children and parents from our hinterland attended. The kids got stuck in so to speak and often when we looked out our windows into the enclosed garden at the college we were treated to the sight of a multitude of little ones splashing,…
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Weekend in Paris to “Sea the Stars”
Ryanair have a lot to answer for.A few weeks ago Eamon, a good friend of mine, rang me to say that he had spotted cheap flights to Paris for the last weekend in September – the Arc weekend. Eamon and I both had busy Septembers so this was great timing for a short break. Our main interest was the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe, perhaps the most prestigious race for top grade horses and this year something special was on the cards as Sea the Stairs an Irish (John Oxx) trained horse was on to complete a remarkable run of group one wins. What this horse achieved in winning this…
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Learning Italian Together (translated by babelfish)
La mia moglie Maire ed io ha deciso di imparare insieme l’italiano questo termine. Poichè siamo entrambe l’implicato nella formazione abbiamo pensato che fosse una buona idea imparare insieme la lingua. Dopo che molto cercando abbiamo trovato che il nostro istituto universitario della comunità locale ha fatto funzionare un corso di sera su Wednesday’ s alla volta che ci ha stato adatti. Ho mancato i primi due codici categoria dovuto altri impegni ed in modo da ero molto di scuse quando ho unito per la prima volta ieri il codice categoria. L’insegnante era fantastico – una giovane donna italiana molto amichevole che ha un regalo naturale come insegnante. Era grande…
