News August 2010
Teacher Handbooks Now Available Online.
30 August 2010
Teacher Handbooks for Strand 1 and 2 are now available. The Handbooks provide guidelines to help teachers plan and develop a flexible integration of the syllabus and learning outcomes in the teaching and learning of different lesson ideas. For more information, click on the "Teachers" tab on the left hand side menu and select the relevant Strand.
Training for ICT on Mathematics, and Strand 1- Statistics and Probability Course.
30 August 2010
The Project Maths Development Team is pleased to inform you that the course of evening workshops on using ICT to teach Strands 1 and 2 is available again. The PMDT has collaborated with the NCTE to provide this course which will show you how you can use readily available software in your classroom to teach geometry, trigonometry and statistics for both Junior and Leaving Certificate click here for more details on course content. Contact an Education Centre near you for more details.
In parallel with this, the Project Maths Development Team in collaboration with the National Centre of Excellence in Maths and Science Teaching and Learning in the University of Limerick, are providing again the workshops on Strand 1: Probability & Statistics. The workshops will focus on new elements of the course.They will cover topics from Junior Certificate (all levels) and Leaving Certificate (Ordinary Level) Probability & Statistics and progress to Leaving Certificate Higher Level topics such as Conditional Probability, the Binomial and Normal Distributions. For more information on course content click here We hope you will come along to these courses, which will be delivered through the Education Centre network.
Have you registered with Census at School yet?
19 August 2010
The new phase 10 questionnaire in now available. To register simply go to www.censusatschool.ie . If you are having difficulty with the registration process, view the quick guide on how to to register with Census at school.
Programme of Teacher Professional Development Year 2: Workshop 3
19 August 2010
Workshop 3 dealing with Strand 3 Number & Problem Solving will commence on Monday 27th September 2010. All teachers are invited to attend. Invitations will be issued shortly to school Principals. Faoi mar is gnáth, cuirfear ceardlann ar fáil trí mheán na Gaeilge chomh maith.
