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"Regurgitating information is not the way to learn!"

Leaving Cert students should be assessed on a staggered basis over two years instead of facing a ...

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18.55 27 Mar 2019


"Regurgitating information is not the way to learn!"


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18.55 27 Mar 2019


Leaving Cert students should be assessed on a staggered basis over two years instead of facing a single set of summer exams, according to groups consulted as part of an official review of the senior cycle.

The proposal is one of a series that, if agreed, would amount to the biggest changes in the Leaving Cert in half a century.

Brian Mooney Editor of “Ireland's yearbook of education” and  Harry McCann founder of  “Trendssetter.ie” join Ivan to discuss. 

 

 


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