ILSA Conference - St Patrick's College staff papers

Over 440 teachers attended the Irish Learning Support Association (ILSA) conference in the College on the 17th and 18th of September on the theme “Enhancing teaching and learning”. The keynote address was given by Senator Joe O Toole who highlighted gaps and anomalies in special education policy and practice. The following papers were presented by members of the special education department at the conference:

Anne Mc Gough: Oral Language Teaching and Learning: The Role of the Learning Support/Resource Teacher

Zita Lysaght: Exploring the Potential of Site-based, Teacher Learning Communities to Support Teachers’ Development of Assessment Literacy

Margaret O Donnell: Inclusive Education Policy: Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs for Including Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Irish Mainstream Primary Schools

Joseph Travers: The practice of learning support teachers for mathematics in Irish primary schools

Michael O Keefe: Curriculum Access for Students with Moderate General Learning Disability in Mainstream Schools.

Margaret O Riordan: Reimagining SPHE for learners with SEN a rights perspective

 

 

 

Last Updated: Monday September 27 2010