Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2004
Department of Education and Science
Inservice Training
9:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department intends to alter the inservice training being provided to teachers for the 2004-05 academic year and after; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14288/04]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to ensure that more inservice teacher training is devoted to teaching methodologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14283/04]
Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 91 together.
Training in teaching methodologies is currently an intrinsic part of inservice training including those national programmes provided to support curriculum reforms. There is currently a range of curriculum support services in place, including services for the primary curriculum and for a number of second level subjects and programmes.
It is planned to develop the teaching methodologies aspect of professional development further in the future by giving more emphasis to training in teaching methodologies and by the strengthening of general pedagogical inservice supports. There will be no major alterations in the in-service provision for the next school year. However, it is intended in the future to focus support away from a centralised system to one of local delivery, based on local requirements and needs as identified by schools and teachers. The development of systems designed to empower schools to take a greater role in the development of their staff will be initiated in the 2004-05 school year.
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