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Increasing the importance of coursework in high-stakes assessment just as the AI revolution hits must be one of the worst decisions in education. #LeavingCert #Ireland irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

Congratulations to both Humphrey and Hannah! You can read more about their outstanding contributions here: asti.ie/news-campaigns…

There is a very real disconnect between what this unnamed 16 year old thinks is learning and what learning actually is. One cannot define learning as ease of access to information - learning requires thinking about that information, linking with previously learned knowledge which

There’s a little irony with OpenAI meeting Micheál Martin while the Minister for Education Helen McEntee TD continues to ignore the ISTA requests for a meeting. 🤨

Congratulations to Humphrey Jones 🔬🧬🥼🧪 on receiving the ASTI Outstanding Teacher Award 2025. 🙌🏻

‘We Irish were never homogeneous. Always hybrids, always mongrels’. New RTÉ TV four-part documentary 'From This Small Island' airs on Sunday with contributions by a host of Trinity academics from History & Genetics. The Irish Times Mark Hennessy irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

Press Release - ASTI members vote to reject Senior Cycle implementation proposals: asti.ie/news-campaigns…

Department of Education and Youth 7 x 40%+ projects, to be completed same time as Orals,full curriculum already impossible to get thru + bigger in some subjects, less choice in exam,shorter exam time,no marking scheme/full marks on sample papers. No adequate training for Teachers. How does that REDUCE STRESS?

*FREE GUIDE* What is the Science of Learning? Over the next few weeks, we'll be releasing support materials for the How Learning Happens course. These are aimed at schools looking to start their journey in implementing the science of learning. This first guide seeks to establish

Another great article by Breda O’Brien in today’s Irish Times. e-pages.dk/irishtimes/511…

Thanks for the feedback and for reading. This week I looked at why Ireland seemingly hates its teachers, and what that means for schools and students. A Lesson in Contempt: open.substack.com/pub/jamiecullo…

Why did ASTI members reject the Department of Education’s “support measures”, turning down an additional 5% to effectively endorse it? This wasn’t about rejecting Senior Cycle Reform - everyone knows reform is required - but it’s saying (to the Dept, parents and students)

The scale of this graph, from the Junior Cycle Science exam, is appalling. If a student did this, not beginning at 0 and not evenly spacing the scale (note only four squares between 30 and 35 when others have five) they’d get no marks.

General Secretary Kieran Christie and Standing Committee Rep for Region 15 Adrieanne Healy spoke to RTÉ News's Emma O'Kelly today on the ASTI's rejection of the Senior Cycle implementation proposals.

I did a quick poll on the ISTA Junior Cycle Science WhatsApp group earlier … really interesting result. High performing students feel patronised by ticking boxes while students with additional needs lose morale as they’re lost on more challenging critical thinking