
Ellejay
@ellejayed
Mum/Wife/Teacher/Learner. Fan of Maths, Science, Literature, Cooking, Running and Data. Happy in the pursuit of new learning! PhD student starting Oct2023🎉🎉
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24-10-2020 17:46:36
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A really fascinating afternoon Nuffield Foundation on absenteeism, learning loss & COVID. Striking the lack of #NI data, but not surprising given our lack of joint up thinking on data collection in our #education sector. (1/2)

Delighted to join the first ventureversity commercial accelerator Centre for Mathematical Cognition ✨️🚀 Raising awareness of dyscalculia! The Dyscalculia Network

Interesting recording of seminar The impact of school absence, school closure and learning loss: What can be done? from Nuffield Foundation youtu.be/aUsWPNJX7oM?fe…


Exciting call for manuscripts on Critical Mathematics Education: Bridging Theory, Practice, and Social Change mdpi.com/journal/educat… Enquiries to Ian Cantley Super timing with the launch of Maths Week Ireland 2024

New podcast alert! StranCREU's Dr Karen Orr explores community-based approaches to tackling educational disadvantage in Belfast with Jackie Redpath, Claire Humphrey from Barnardo's NI and THRiVE Newtownabbey, and Angie Murphy from WBPB. Listen here: soundcloud.com/creu-podcast/c…





A new PSPI report shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively when instruction combines conceptual understanding and timed practice. #EdChat #Teaching Read more: psychologicalscience.org/news/2025-apri… Nicole McNeil, Alexandria Viegut, PhD, NumCog Lab

“A carefully structured approach pairing brief, timed sessions that strengthen facts in memory with purposeful reasoning & discussion activities that weave those facts in2 an integrated knowledge network gives students the fluency they need 2 succeed.” #iTeachMath Nicole McNeil

Papers from the Review of the NI Curriculum have now been published by Education NI and can be found at: education-ni.gov.uk/publications

The Strategic Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum, led by Lucy Crehan, has been completed and the report has been published today. The review sets out the need for change and reform of the current curriculum including redefining its key principles, purpose and design







#TransformED pace continues with the Ministerial response to Lucy Crehan Curriculum Review published. Most recommendations accepted, but primary languages and Citizenship kicked down the road. Commitment to a focus on post-school routes could be stronger. education-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/…