We are all about efficiency and effectiveness at Rathú. We fully believe in the principles of working smarter and essentialism. This handy resource from our “Work Smarter, Be Happier” EPV Summer Course for Teachers fits right into this ideology. We are not trying …
The question that comes up regularly with Assessment for Learning (AfL) is: What is it in a nutshell? To extend on that, it can be confusing to distinguish it from Assessment of Learning because the activities can be the same, …
Martin Stuart, a learning support teacher, at Talbot SNS in Dublin, wrote an insightful piece on his research surrounding homework in the January / February 2019 edition of the INTO’s Intouch magazine, titled “Homework – is it worthwhile”? He raised …
In 2014, a Millward Brown survey conducted found that over half of teachers in Ireland felt ‘continuously stressed’. Hmm… not good. There a range of complex reasons as to way this might be but we decided to explore some tried …
On the 6th & 7th September, I attended the Embedding Formative Assessment Conference with Professor Dylan Wiliam in Barcelona. Anyone who knows me, understands that Dylan Wiliam is someone I look up to greatly. He is a widely-respected educational researcher …
Article written by Rathú’s Ciara McGuane and featured on TES Institute blog. You can do anything but you can’t do everything!” These wise words are written by Greg McKeown, the author of ‘Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’. I …