Teaching Skills for School Librarians: The School Library Association of the Republic of Ireland (Slari) will be holding its annual seminar on Saturday, April 25th at St Andrew's College, Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin.
The guest speaker is Sharon Markless whose main research interests are teaching information literacy; the impact of library and information services on teaching and learning; and developing professional practice through action research.
Further details and conference brochure are available at www.slari.ie. Contact: secretary@slari.ie
UCD/Irish Times MBA Breakfast Lectures
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, in association with The Irish Times, is offering potential MBA students the chance to
attend a series of free breakfast lectures designed to give a taste of an MBA. Every month a key faculty member from UCD Smurfit School will give a talk on his or her specialist area.
The third breakfast event of the series will take place at the Institute of Bankers in the IFSC on Wednesday, April 8th from 7.30am to 9am and is entitled “Marketing after the Recession”.
Intellectual Disability Nursing Conference AT UCC
An intellectual disability nursing conference – “Positive Choices Conference 2009” – to celebrate 50 years of intellectual disability nursing in Ireland will take place at University College Cork on Friday, April 24th. For details e-mail e.drummond@ucc.ie
Talk on Asperger’s Syndrome and Auditory Processing
How Auditory Processing Impacts on Asperger’s Syndrome” is the title of a talk and presentation on Saturday, April 18th at 10am at the Cluas centre in Tallaght, Co Dublin. Auditory processing difficulties can have a significant impact on young people with Asperger’s Syndrome. Reducing these difficulties can lead to improvements in young people’s social interactions, their understanding and also their learning at school. Interested parents are invited to attend both the talk and an open day at the centre where they can meet staff. More details and directions to Cluas are available at the website www.cluas.ie. Tel: 01-4940210 or e-mail: pascal@cluas.ie for further information. There is no charge.
Online MA in Teaching and Learning
Hibernia College, Dublin is holding information evenings about its new online MA in teaching and learning (for practising primary and post-primary teachers only) at education centres around the country throughout April and May. For a full list of dates and venues, and to register your interest in attending, visit www.hiberniacollege.net/matl
UN Asylum and Immigration Schools Pack
Students in Irish classrooms are more international than ever. How do young people feel about their new classmates? Do they understand the reasons why they have left their home countries and come to Ireland? “Not Just Numbers” is a special toolkit for teachers and students on asylum and immigration in the EU. It is available to schools in both English and Irish.
The schools pack is produced jointly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and aims to introduce debate and discussion on issues of integration to the classroom.It consists of a DVD and manual, showing individual stories of young people who have had to leave their own countries for one reason or another and make a new life in Europe. The toolkit and DVD can be downloaded from the UNHCR’s website www.unhcr.ie. If you want a hard copy contact the UNHCR in Ireland. Tel: 01-6314614.
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