Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
A teacher recently asked IDK how to improve their classroom environment for a young child who hears on one side only and has a ‘quiet’ ear.
Background noise complicates listening for children who rely on one ear for hearing, so teachers need to manage ambient sounds in the classroom.
Environmental sounds from school playgrounds, assembly halls, ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
In the past two days (Feb 17th and 18th) Joe Duffy’s Liveline radio show has aired a number of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing people.
Transcripts from the two shows are posted below for your reference.
February 17
February 18
The show primarily focused on the difficulties deaf people have accessing the emergency ...
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Leargas, the national agency in Ireland for co-operation programmes in education, youth and community work, vocational education and training, is managing the European Award for Languages 2009 on behalf of the EU.
The European Award for Languages - the Language Label - is an annual award given to projects where participants ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
The Association for Drama in Education in Ireland (ADEI) is celebrating its 10th anniversary on February 21, 2009, at Trinity College Dublin.
Its one-day conference, “Drama For Learning: A 21st Century Vision For Education”, will give teachers, students, academics, educators, policy-makers and others, the latest insights into the role of drama ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
IDK recently responded to calls for submissions from two state entities, the Teaching Council and the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF).
The Teaching Council sought feedback as part of its review of its Codes of Professional Conduct for Teachers, which describe ”standards of teaching, knowledge, skill and competence” and professional conduct for teachers.
Separately, ...
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