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Category: philosophy of education

Shónagh Lynch presents at NEARI-meet UCD 16 September 2017

Shónagh Lynch gave a ‘Round-Robin’ presentation at NEARI-meet UCD 16 September 2017. Her slides and a video clip of...
philosophy of education, professional conversation, reflective practice, self study

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...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, professional conversation, research, the purpose of education, values

Global action research connections

This poster is part of the living-posters of the ‘virtual presences’ presentation at the 2015 Town Hall Meeting of...
action research, community of enquiry, philosophy of education, professional conversation, research

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, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, professional conversation, reflective practice, research, the purpose of education, values

Should philosophy be included in the curriculum?

Click to read Irish Times article Wed 19th Nov 2013 Say No to Groupthink by Joe Humphries
community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, the purpose of education

To teach critical thinking

Fromm (1979) worried that people had lost the ability to think for themselves and had become used to collective...
community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, reflective practice, Self-evaluation

NCE-MSTL 12-13 August 2013

  Caitriona McDonagh, Mary Roche, Bernie Sullivan and Máirín Glenn have designed and presented a practical workshop for the...
action research, critical pedagogy, philosophy of education, reflective practice, self study, the purpose of education, values

Influence of Liberation Theology on Critical Pedagogy

Many of the critical pedagogists whose ideas currently inform theory and practice in the field of education acknowledge the...
critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education

Stephen Ball interview on Inside Education

Listen to the podcast of Programme 168, with Sean Delaney of Inside Education on 103.2 Dublin City FM, in...
critical thinking, philosophy of education, the purpose of education, values

Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire was the champion of critical and reflective practice. He urged educators to adopt a humanising pedagogy grounded...
critical thinking, philosophy of education, reflective practice, the purpose of education
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