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"There needs to be more practical teaching." Ireland needs to modernise its ‘20th-century’ system.

Today in the Irish Times the OECD’s Director of education Andreas Schleicher says Ireland needs...

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19.09 22 Mar 2021


"There needs to be more practical teaching." Ireland needs to modernise its ‘20th-century’ system.


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19.09 22 Mar 2021


Today in the Irish Times the OECD’s Director of education Andreas Schleicher says Ireland needs to modernise its ‘20th-century’ system.

And there is a 'Zero correlation' between quality of tuition and class size, according to the top educator.

Henry McKean has been speaking to parents, teachers and students and asked does this German expert advising the Irish Government have a point? Do we need to change the way we teach our children?


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