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Challenges to Teacher Education North and South 2003 |
Annual Conference: School Leadership, Policy and Practice, North and South
Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast
9-10 October 2008
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| At the annual SCoTENS conference on Thursday 9 October 2008 in the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast were (from left to Right) Dr Pauric Travers, Ms Deborah Nusche, Ms Caitriona Ruane MLA, and Dr Tom Hesketh |
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Educational Research Methods Seminar
Cathcart Room, School of Education, Queen's University, Belfast
Wednesday 6 December 2006: 10am – 3.30pm
An Educational Research Methods Seminar sponsored by the Centre for Cross Border Studies and the Standing Conference of Teacher Educators – North and South (SCoTENS), and facilitated by the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI). The event has been organized by Professor John Gardner of the School of Education. Attendance is free but places are limited to 30. For a programme and to apply for a place, please contact Jo Wilson at joanne.wilson@qub.ac.uk or on (0) 28 9097 5901. Applications after 29th November cannot be accepted. Download the flyer 
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Annual Conference 2006: Teacher Education and Schools: Together Towards Improvement
Ramada
Hotel, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
12 - 13 October 2006
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Annual Conference 2005:Teacher Education for Citizenship in Culturally Diverse Societies
St. Patrick's
College, Drumcondra
3 - 4 June 2005
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Annual Conference 2004: The changing contexts of teacher education, North and South
Armagh
City Hotel
11 -12
November 2004
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North-South Citizenship Education Conference
Slieve
Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
30
September - 1 October 2004
Conference Report [104 KB]
Special Educational Needs in Initial Teacher Education (SENITE)
Trinity college, Dublin
22 - 23 March 2004
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Teacher Education North and South [SCOTENS]
Conference Report
IASEE Conference 2005
IASSEE Conference 2004
The third Annual Conference of the Irish Associate for Social, Scientifica and Environmental Education was held on 17 and 18 June 2004 at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. See the full report .
IASSEE Conference 2003
A number of papers were presented at this conference, abstracts of which can be read by clicking on the titles below.
The World and the Universe as a Source for Teacher Thinking through SESE
Citizenship and the Northern Ireland History Curriculum
Concept Mapping of Concrete Concepts
Children learning about Science and the Environment
Teaching Early Years History; the Northern Ireland Curriculum a decade on
Annual Conference: Challenges to Teacher Education and Research, North and South
Malahide, Co
Dublin
9 – 10 October 2003
The Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South, has been active in supporting research projects, sectoral conferences and North-South exchanges on the island of Ireland. On 9-10 October it held its second major conference in Malahide, Co Dublin, under the title 'Challenges to Teacher Education and Research, North and South'. The keynote speakers were David Instance of the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and Professor John Coolahan of NUI, Maynooth.
There were workshop sessions facilitated by leading authorities from both Irish jurisdictions on the following themes: attracting, selecting and recruiting student teachers; integrating ICT into teacher education; teacher education for diversity and citizenship; teacher education and the integration of Special Needs; school placements in teacher education; training for school leadership; best practice in teacher induction; policy approaches to continuing professional development.