Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 445 of 29 November 2005, her proposals to discourage the rote learning of material at second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7327/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have requested the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, to review the subject syllabuses for the leaving certificate as the major next step in advancing its proposals for senior cycle reform. One purpose of reviewing subjects is to rebalance knowledge content in order to accommodate key skills such as critical and creative thinking and learning how to learn. Another is to ensure that assessment objectives match the learning outcomes specified in the syllabus.