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Comment critically on an aspect of reform introduced in schools recently…

- - - - NCCA
      - Teaching Council
  - - - Mathematics
      - Engineering
      - Accountancy
- - - - Project Maths
        
        New Changes
        
        Resistance from teahers
        
        Leaves out Calculus , Vectors , linear algebra-
        
        tTopics taught in top performing countries
        
        Vital topics for third level education
        
        New Methodologies
        
        Resources
        
        Project Maths Website
        
        ICT
        
        Geogebra
      - New Junior Cycle
        
        8 key skills, include numeracy
        
        Not fully implemented
      - Problems
        
        Are teacher prepared, willing or happy?
        
        Time restraints
        
        Knowledge of content
        
        Unqualified teacher
        
        Curriculum overload
      - Whole School Approach
        
        Teachers did not required any particular level of mathematics to become a teacher - competency levels
      - Increased time allocation
        
        Dept Circular
    - - NQT
        
        Droicead
        
        Workshops
        
        Numeracy Element
      - Continued Professional Development
        
        PDST & an Cosan
        
        Tool to cope
      - Initial Teacher Educatin
        
        Masters Level
        
        Two years
        
        Increased cost
        
        Choosing other paths
        
        Similar to OECD counterparts
        
        Focus on numeracy
        
        Better teaching means better learning
        
        East Asian countries teaching is a highly regarded profession
    - - Numeracy coordinator & committee
  - - - Higher Level Maths: +25 points
    - - New teaching methodologies support
      - Learning Styles
      - Teachers better equipt
    - - New Curriculum
      - New Learning approaches
        
        Differentiation
        
        Cooperative Learning
        
        Group work
- - - - DEIS schools
      - Higher achieving students
- - - - Measure Skills and Knowledge
        
        Massive Media Coverage
        
        What is left out?
        
        Content is seen as Secondary
        
        Governments Changing Ed. System
        
        Germany
    - - Measure Curriculum
        
        Does not attention the same attention as PISA
        
        It assess what many think PISA assesses
    - - OECD supporting the competition- League Tables