Search Results: classroom
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AUSTRALIA
- Barry Gittins
- 22 February 2010
17 Comments
The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may merge Asperger's into the broader 'autism spectrum disorder'. The father of a misdiagnosed two-year-old boy reveals the emotional and social implications of mental illness pigeonholing.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Drew Taylor
- 25 November 2009
14 Comments
The media has labelled them 'murder
simulators', linked them to depression and held them
accountable for childhood obesity. But there's another side to videogames that the mainstream media doesn't seem to want you to know about.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 26 August 2009
5 Comments
Students are more proficient in technology than their teachers and are accessing information their elders
would not have known. They wonder, if they can already function as if they have finished school, then what's the point of school? It's a fair question.
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INFORMATION
Ross Fitzgerald claims Catholic schools 'have become the instrument through which tax dollars are siphoned off public schools and given to the private sector'. His argument is a misrepresentation of the facts.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Frank O'Shea
- 22 July 2009
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For a while there, McCourt was 'mick of the moment', except in his native Limerick where they wanted to strangle him. Teacher Man, his best book, captures what it is to be the lonely figure with only cunning and a stick of chalk to protect you.
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 15 July 2009
12 Comments
Studies correlate teacher morale with student achievement, so ranking schools according to student performance may be counterproductive if it hurts teacher morale. Finland has the best education system in the world without resorting to league tables.
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RELIGION
I am shocked and angered by the actions of fellow religious Brothers detailed in the Ryan Report. There were basic things lacking in our training that could have led to a very warped way of looking at oneself and the world.
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RELIGION
- Frank O'Shea
- 05 June 2009
24 Comments
After a lifetime in schools run by
religious orders, I am appalled to think abuse against children in institutions in Ireland was 'endemic'. I try to persuade myself that 'Brendan', the saintliest man I ever knew, cancels out the bad eggs.
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EDUCATION
- Frank O'Shea
- 02 February 2009
11 Comments
These are earnest kids, wanting to succeed. Society has told
them that to succeed they must be able to draw a parabola,
find the vertex, state the axis of symmetry. This city
has two million adults — how many ever heard of an axis of
symmetry?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 December 2008
2 Comments
Golden Years is a wonderful resource for reflecting on Catholic life
over the last 60 years. The more than 70 former members who offer their memories of the Newman Society also
reflect on the way in which their experience in it affected their
subsequent lives.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 19 November 2008
9 Comments
Forcing schools to produce information on students' exam performance will never be a reliable strategy for lifting numeracy and literacy. Learning is as much about taking risks and failing as it is about getting the answers right the first time.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Max Richards
- 11 November 2008
1 Comment
Old colleague, McCann.. (philosophy, retired), still with the sad face and the gaberdine mac.
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