24 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
Differentiation
A teacher must differentiate the curriculum in a meaningful, relevant way, adopting teaching strategies based on three ‘pedagogical needs’: common to all learners, specific to
24 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
Gamification
24 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
The Communication principle – part 1
An interesting experience as a PME1 is to be involved in the Oide (teacher in Irish) school meetings. Oide is the new support centre for teachers that unites the Centre for School
24 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
STEAM – Crosscurricular possibilities
Communication is one of the common skills to be developed in students from elementary, primary to post-primary. It is a key element that us teachers need to have between our curric
19 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
Co-creating success criteria
In class, I usually write the learning intentions on the whiteboard and don’t look at success criteria more than the result of the learning intentions. After watching Con Hur
18 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
Teaching 1st years big concepts
Opening up the new STEAM theme to 1st years, I was asked: “Why are we doing this”. My answer was too quick: “To increase your critical thinking?”. Question back: “What is
18 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
My best pedagogical experience
I had different ranges of teaching experiences as a PME student teacher so far. Some that felt very low in terms of classroom management and fighting with post traumatic stress and
18 Apr
Reflections
Animasu
Relevant themes
When planning for units of learning I find that finding a relevant theme and the disciplines that forms it gives you the best start in planning and preparation. For a class that I
17 Apr
ArtDesignReflectionsStudent Projects
Animasu
Whiteboard engagement
Usually the whiteboard is the teacher’s crowning spot, where different instructions are written down in red, blue and black markers such as learning intentions, homework, keyword
23 Feb
Reflections
Animasu
Effective Questioning
Two of the key skills of teaching are effective questioning and feedback strategies, but the way a teacher interrelates them, using questioning as feedback or feedback through ques
15 Jan
Reflections
Animasu
Primary sources needed
There is an unanimous demand for relevant primary sources on every observational drawing or modelling task in visual art in secondary schools, but few art rooms would have a well t