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    • Review of the Droichead teacher induction pilot programme (Working Paper) 

      Leavy, Aisling; Banks, Joanne; Conway, Paul F.; Darmody, Merike; Smyth, Emer; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI [Economic & Social Research Institute], 2015)
      The Droichead pilot programme is designed to provide whole-school support for teacher induction. The programme is innovative in being led at school level, by a Professional Support Team (PST) consisting of the principal, ...
    • Using architecture as a context to enhance students' understanding of symmetry 

      Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2017)
      Working within the context of a contest to find the most beautiful tourist attraction in the world, Year 5 students investigate the most symmetric building from a short-list of three iconic buildings. This involves ...
    • Using architecture as a context to enhance students’ understanding of symmetry 

      Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2011)
      Working within the context of a contest to find the most beautiful tourist attraction in the world, Year 5 students investigate the most symmetric building from a short-list of three iconic buildings. This involves ...
    • What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction 

      Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)
      Mairead Hourigan and Aisling Leavy describe a range of teaching and learning activities focusing on the identification and classification of 2-dimensional shapes. The activities described are useful in highlighting students’ ...