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Teaching thinking in the classroom Socrates (c.470-399BCE), an early Greek philosopher and teacher, suggested: Thinking is enhanced not by answers but by questions Students learn best when supported to analyse and evaluate concepts Deep questions challenge our assumptions Educators must model intellectual inquiry To summarise a complex topic, all humans…...

Scéalta Blog In this week’s Scéalta, Catherine O’Reilly, PhD research student at Trinity College Dublin, discusses how critical thinking relates to early childhood and how we can use storytelling to give children in Early Years settings the same opportunities as older children to learn how to communicate, collaborate, be creative…...

I started February off by submitting an abstract (fingers crossed) for the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) 2023 conference in Lisbon, which is taking place from August 30th to September 2nd. This year’s theme is Children’s Curiosity, Agency and Participation: Challenges for Professional Action and Development 2023.eeceraconference.org. Now,…...

County childcare boards across Ireland work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders in the early childcare community to promote and supply equality of access and participation to affordable programs that support the holistic development and well-being of all children. The county childcare boards promote family-friendly approaches to supporting parents and…...

Once upon a time, storytelling was how people learned about their history and came to make sense of their world. I argue that this tradition of learning through storytelling is as powerful now as it was over 2000 years ago. For example, I do not doubt that in fifty years’…...