New Book: Introduction to Critical Reflection and Action for Teacher Researchers
We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of our new book Introduction to Critical Reflection and Action for...
NEARImeet: Presentation by Dr. Pip Ferguson
This is a video of Dr. Pip Ferguson’s presentation at the recent NEARImeet in St. Patrick’s College. Pip’s slides:
NEARImeet (Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland) in St. Patrick’s College, Thurles on 12 Sept 2015
The third NEARImeet (Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland) took place in St. Patrick’s College, Thurles on 12...
Education Symposium and Book Launch in St. Patrick’s College, Thurles
Watch the education students in St Patrick’s College, Thurles speak with passion on Irish TV about how they use...
Action research: an intervention or a potentially transformative process ?
A teaching colleague recently told me how he had undertaken a highly successful action research project with his maths...
Exciting new publication
(Image from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Developing-Childrens-Critical-Thinking-Picturebooks/dp/0415727723/) Mary Roche’s new book Developing Children’s Critical Thinking through Picturebooks: A guide for primary and...
Should philosophy be included in the curriculum?
Click to read Irish Times article Wed 19th Nov 2013 Say No to Groupthink by Joe Humphries
To teach critical thinking
Fromm (1979) worried that people had lost the ability to think for themselves and had become used to collective...