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Seminar on the Gifted Child in School
The Irish Association for Gifted Children/An Óige Thréithnach presents a seminar entitled "Whole School Planning and Organisation: an opportunity for the gifted primary pupil?" tonight at 7.30 p.m. at St Andrew's College, Booterstown, Co Dublin.
The speaker is Ita Corduff, deputy principal of Knocklyon Junior School in Dublin, one one of the State's largest primary schools. The presentation will focus on effective learning, higher order thinking skills and creativity as a means of improving the learning environment for gifted pupils. It will also explore teaching strategies for gifted children and how those strategies can be incorporated into a school plan.
Admission is 5 for members and 10 for non-members.
DIT Public Lecture
Dublin Institute of Technology is hosting a lecture - "Working Towards Change in Disadvantaged Communities" - tomorrow at
6.30 p.m. in DIT Mountjoy Square
Speakers include Sr Bernadette Mc Mahon, of the Vincentian Partnership for Justice, Mick Rafferty, community activist and John Lonergan, governor of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. All are welcome and admission is free.
For further information e-mail: kevin.lalor@dit.ie or telephone: (01) 402 4164.
Annual Meeting for Teachers of French in ITs
The annual meeting of the Association of Lecturers of French in the Institutes of Technology (ALFIT), under the presidency of
Dr Eamon Maher, takes place at IT Tallaght on Thursday, April 22nd and Friday, April 23rd.
The theme of the conference is the impact of globalisation on France and the French language - "La France et la langue française face à la mondialisation". Guest speakers include Prof Michael Cronin (DCU), Dr Eugene O'Brien, assistant director of research (University of Limerick) and Dr Gavin Bowd of the University of St Andrew's in Scotland. Topics include the role of French theory in the fight against globalisation, the world-view of Michel Houellebecq and the impact of Flaubert and Proust on the writings of John McGahern.
For more details, contact Eamon Maher at eamon.maher@it-tallaght.ie
New Maths Website
Second-level students may be interested in a new maths website set up by a group of teachers. The free site is at http://www.studentxpress.ie/magic/magic.htm and aims to provide you with all your maths needs.
Students can go to the site's "Maths Forum" and post any difficulties they are encountering with mathematics. A team of experienced maths teachers is on stand-by to nudge the student in the right direction. Unfortunately for students, the online help does not include doing their homework for them, it simply aims to help them navigate their way out of trouble.
Stratford College Open Day
Stratford College, Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, a co-educational secondary school, is holding an open day on Thursday, April 22nd from 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. For more details contact the school office at (01) 492 2315 or www.stratfordcollege.ie
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