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New Directions in Action Research: Key Issues

Primary

• Who does action research?
• Whose theory is generated? What form of theory?
• Whose voice is heard? Who says? Can practitioners speak for themselves?
• What counts as validity in action research?
• What counts as quality in action research?
• What counts as quality in writing action research?

Jean McNiff is Professor of Educational Research at York St. John’s University, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick. She was a deputy head teacher in a large secondary school in Dorset before taking early retirement and moving into professional education, based mainly in universities. She is active in international settings, supporting the professional learning of practitioners across the professions and supervising their work-based action enquiries for their higher degrees. She writes on action research and her books are used internationally on professional education and higher degree programmes.

This course is suitable for Primary & Post Primary School Teachers

Professor Jean McNiff

Hurling & Camogie In The Primary School

Primary

Course Content:
• Highlighting the Skills of Hurling & Camogie
• Getting started with Under-8’s Hurling & Camogie
• Fun-Do Programme for U-10’s
• Training the School Team
• How to train at home
• Skills and Drills
• Nutrition in Gaelic Games
• Basic First Aid with Teams
• Organization & Management

REF:SC002

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Stepping Into Kilkenny’s History. (FULLY BOOKED)

Primary

Course Content:
• Looking at visual evidence
• Kilkenny Castle /examining the city walls
• Looking at documentary evidence
• Using newspapers for teaching local history
• Study  of a 17th century merchant’s house
• Looking at primary sources in the County Library
• Looking at primary sources in the Tholsel
• A Visit to St Mary’s
• Study of medieval churches in Kilkenny
• Study of some features of St Canice’s Cathedral
• The Bishop’s Palace (National Headquarters for the Heritage Council)
• Examining the resource pack ‘Stepping into Kilkenny’s History’ and other useful local history resources

REF:SC005

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‘Things On The Wall’: Looking, Responding And Making Through The Visual Arts At The Butler Gallery

Primary

Course Content:
• Identification of collective definition of what modern and contemp. art is
• Looking and responding to Cubist art through collage
• Looking and responding to Futurism
• Looking and responding to Dada and Surrealism
• Looking and responding to Abstract Expressionism
• Looking and responding to Pop Art
• Looking and responding to Conceptual and Minimalist Art
• Looking and responding to Installation and Land Art
• Looking and responding to Fluxus and Performance Art
• Conclusion and review of portfolios

REF:SC006

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Visual Art: Children Looking And Responding To Their Environment – A Practical Approach

Primary

Course Content:
• Print on paper/fabric
• Fabric and fibre in art and crafts, pencil drawing, shading exercises
• Colour tone -brush strokes
• Clay modelling
• Paper mache models, paper/card creations
• Drawing from alternative perspectives
• Still life/portrait work using different mediums
• Creating class display areas
• Assessment-looking at children’s portfolios

REF:SC007

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English In The Classroom

Primary

Course Content:
Reading Strategies:
• Comprehension
The Reading Process:
• Phonological awareness
• Syllabic awareness
• Onset and Rime
Oral Language:
• Importance of oral language
• Language skills and process
• Developing OL through playing games
• Discrete activities to promote Language skills
• Five contexts of Oral Language

Classroom Management Strategies
Jolly Phonics:
• Definition and explanation
• Junior/Senior Infants
• Beyond infants
• Resources and related activities
Collaborative Reading:
• Modelled reading
• Big books
• Language experience
• Shared reading
• Readers’ theatre
• Guided reading
• Book discussion groups
• Independent reading

Reciprocal Reading:
• Roles and Strategies

REF:SC009

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Academic Enquiry (W.I.T. Diploma)

Primary

The module aims:
• To prepare teachers to engage in scholarly activity at Master level.
• To address issues in relation to:
a) The acquisition of reliable knowledge
b) Critical engagement with ideas
c) Effective scholarly writing
On completion participants will be enabled to:
• Use web based and library research strategies with discrimination
• Critique and evaluate pieces of published academic writing
• Engage in critical thinking about subject specific topics
• Write in accordance with accepted academic styles and conventions
• Engage in scholarly debate

For Application Form, please contact Kilkenny Education Centre at 056-7760200
Completion of this course entitles the learners to 10 credits towards the W.I.T. Diploma Programme

(Application and Cheque payable to Waterford Institute of Technology)

REF:SC010

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Dr. Orison Carlile, Ms Karen Bunyan and Dr. Anne Jordan

Cultivating The Artist In Our Children - Planning A Year’s Work In Visual Arts (Fully Booked)

Primary

Course Content:
• Print
• Clay
• Paint and Colour
• Drawing
• Construction
• Fabric and Fibre
• Thematic Approaches to Visual Arts
• Looking and Responding to the Work of Artists
• Use of ICT in Visual Arts
• Planning a Year’s Scheme in Visual Arts
• Compilation of a personal portfolio of work in all strands

REF:SC015

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Reflective Practice (W.I.T. Diploma)

Primary

This module aims to:
• Develop the learner skills in reflective practice.
• Prepare participants to engage in scholarly activity at master level.
• Demonstrate an awareness of and be able to articulate their personal knowledge base.
• Demonstrate a reflective approach through their learning and teaching journal.
• Engage in critical reflection on their experience of teaching.
• Demonstrate an awareness of emotional intelligence in the classroom.
• Plan for on-going reflection and continuing professional development.

For Application Form, please contact Kilkenny Education Centre at 056-7760200
Completion of this course entitles the learners to 10 credits towards the W.I.T. Diploma Programme

(Application and Cheque payable to Waterford Institute of Technology)

REF:SC016

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Dr. Orison Carlile, Ms Karen Bunyan and Dr. Anne Jordan

Creative Solutions to Conflict: Enhancing teachers’ and students’ personal capacity to deal with day-to-day personal challenges. ONLINE COURSE

Primary

Course Content:
Pre- orientation to online learning:
Technical readiness
Personal readiness
Course Orientation
 - Personal Management.
- Technical Readiness.
- Screen Cast.

Dynamics of Conflict
This module will focus on the dynamics of conflict and how we are affected by it.
Participants will learn a new way of describing conflict and how to recognize their own responses to it. They will reflect on a specific conflict from their past and learn how they might have managed it differently.

Myself in Conflict
- Self Awareness in Conflict.
- Anger Management Strategies.

Communication/Negotiation
- Listening Skills.
- Framing and reframing.
- Apology and Forgiveness.

Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
This module looks at how the S.A.L.T. Programme builds the capacity of children to negotiate successfully in conflict. With reference to what have been learnt in the first three modules.
Practical interventions and strategies teachers and students can use to positively manage conflict. It acts as both a summary of the course and a focus for the practical application of the skills learnt during the four modules.

REF:SC012

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FREE Health and Safety In Your School (provided by the Health and Safety Authority). ONLINE COURSE

Primary

Course Content:
• Brief overview of legal obligations
• Two key legal terms – reasonably practicable / competence
• Responsibilities and duties
• The Safety Statement
• Understanding hazards, risks and controls
• Risk Assessment
• General principles of preventing accidents
• Emergency planning
• Accident reporting
• Managing health and safety

An on-line forum will allow participants to exchange views with each other on matters raised on the course. The Health and Safety Authority will facilitate the forums, periodically.

This on-line course introduces teachers and Principals to the basic principles of managing health and safety in the school. It encourages teacher reflection on hazard identification, risk assessments and the writing of safety statements. End of unit assessments and off-line assessments complement the course content.

Requirements:
This course requires a computer which is connected to the Internet via broadband and is running a Web browser with the Adobe Flash player (version 9 or above) installed.

REF:SC014

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The course has been developed by the Health and Safety Authority and is promoted by Kilkenny Education Centre