Covid-19: How Trinity's researchers in the School of Education are responding
The Covid-19 crisis is one of the greatest challenges we have faced in recent times. Experts around the world have rallied to the cause, working to find treatments, helping to inform policy, providing expert commentary in the media, donating equipment and expertise as well as lab space, or returning to work as frontline healthcare workers. Students and staff from School of Education adapted super-quick to re-invent their studies and roles to a more positive approach in dealing with the pandemic.
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Trinity Access and School of Education - Covid-19 Student Survey Findings
Covid school closures and Leaving Cert uncertainty increased stress levels and caused a decline in student wellbeing — TCD’s student survey.
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Covid school closures — TCD’s parent survey
A new survey of primary-school parents has provided a unique insight into parents’ experience and concerns about home learning as a result of Covid-19.
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Teaching and Learning practices during COVID: a Universal Design for Learning
The study involves a survey of teachers across school types.
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Could this be the end of the Leaving Cert as we know it?
An opinion piece published in the Irish Times, Professor Damian Murchan commenting on the Leaving Cert reform.
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Numeracy In The Now
Researchers from the School of Education have produced 6 short videos on how families can support young children with their numeracy during the school shutdown.
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A virtual Art + Science Reading Group
The series will explore the evolutionary and revolutionary kinship between two approaches to understanding the universe and our place within it.
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Literacy on the Loose
A series of easy and accessible videos to help parents who are home schooling young children has been developed by researchers in School of Education.
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COVID-19 Crisis Blog
The Pandemic and Education: What are we missing? by Dr Ann Devitt
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11th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference
Took place in 2020 in a series of connected spaces online via the TCD Blackboard Collaborate Ultra platform.
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Webinar - Communicating effectively with parents: supports for schools
The school shutdown has put intense pressure on schools to support continuity of learning for their students.
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Webinar - Home Languages and Home Learning: Supports for Multilingual Families
In this COVID world, families are at home together working, learning and managing as best they can in difficult circumstances.
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Teaching and Learning practices during COVID: a Universal Design for Learning
A project to capture online teaching and learning practices at this moment in time under COVID shutdown.
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How to acquire new skills during lockdown
Opinion piece by Dr Conor Mc Guckin - The Irish Times.
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Home-schooling during coronavirus closures: advice from experts
Assistant Prof in Education Ann Devitt shares some advice on home-schooling
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Too many students disengaged from school during the lockdown.
Prof. Nóirín Hayes expert in early childhood education provides her expert opinion in the Irish Times on the return to school for young children.