Julian Girdham
@sccenglish.bsky.social
Thinking, Writing, Reading, (English) Teaching. https://www.juliangirdham.com The Fortnightly newsletter is now at 200+ editions: https://www.juliangirdham.com/the-fortnightly. https://linktr.ee/juliangirdham #edchatie
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The Fortnightly is back with the first edition of this academic year. 208: The Absent Ones Julia Bell, Ben Lerner, Théodore Géricault, David Runciman, Suzanne O’Sullivan, Sue Black, Brett Vogelsinger, Wendell Berry, Poorna Bell and more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/208-the-ab...
208: The Absent Ones
Julia Bell, Ben Lerner, Théodore Géricault, David Runciman, Suzanne O’Sullivan, Sue Black, Brett Vogelsinger, Wendell Berry, Poorna Bell and more.
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Fiction is “the time-honoured resource of the ill-at-ease”, Edith Hope observes in Hotel du Lac. But which Anita Brookner novel should the ill-at-ease try first? My guide to her some of her best books, for @thebookerprizes.com:
Where to start with Anita Brookner: a guide to her best books | The Booker Prizes
Anita Brookner was a prolific writer and a master of both comedy and tragedy. Over the course of 28 years, she wrote 24 novels, winning the Booker Prize in 1984 with Hotel du Lac. But where should you...
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'One in five Irish children and teens use AI for schoolwork, survey suggests' www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...
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PISA: "Major international study shows Irish students are first for reading, third for science and fourth for mathematics out of 27 EU countries." But is this our Wile E. Coyote moment? Are we about to look down? www.juliangirdham.com/blog/irish-e...
Irish Education's Wile E. Coyote Moment — Julian Girdham
A reshaping of my thoughts on the NCEE report on the Republic of Ireland’s education system, for the Leader magazine of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals.
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There's still time to register for this evening's #Shakespeare webinar at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Harry Newman to discuss the new OWC edition of The Winter’s Tale. Followed by a Q&A. All welcome! Free but registration required:
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's Tale
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics.
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I had a great time at Research Ed yesterday. I spoke about the impact of AI on assessment - why students shouldn't use it, but teachers should! Slides: bit.ly/RED2026DC And you can find out more about how our AI marking system works at our webinars. www.nomoremarking.com/events
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group
The academic explains why she resigned in June from the group tasked with reforming Leaving Certificate maths
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There's still time to sign up for @rachelmalik.bsky.social's Personal Anthology - her pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite short stories. Hitting inboxes at 2pm. All your weekend's reading, sorted! Details here: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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Our live #Shakespeare webinars continue on 7 Sept at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith will be joined by Dr Harry Newman to explore the new OWC edition of The Winter's Tale, which offers fresh readings of the play’s provocations on genre, psychology, game-play, gender & the role of the non-human. Register now:
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's Tale
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-the-winters-tale.eventbrite.co.uk
A Personal Anthology has been running for nearly ten years. In that time, over 300 guest editors have shared over 3,500 favourite short stories, written by over 1,600 individual authors. The archive website is a trove of short story recommendations. Check it out: apersonalanthology.com
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
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Hey! After its summer break, A Personal Anthology returns this Friday. And this week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @rachelmalik.bsky.social! Sign up here to get her selection in your inbox: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
apersonalanthology.substack.com
As problems in Senior Cycle curricular reform rear up again, a reminder of the origins of such problems: www.juliangirdham.com/blog/irish-e... #edchatie
Irish Education, Sunk Cost Fallacy & Wile E. Coyote — Julian Girdham
Comments on Sunk Cost Fallacy in Irish education, particularly in the light of TransformED in Northern Ireland and a new paper by the NCEE in the United States, lauding the Republic of Ireland’s syste...
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Tomorrow morning, a pre-term update from The Fortnightly. Full service resumes on September 12th. juliangirdham.substack.com
The Fortnightly from Julian Girdham | Substack
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid co...
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One of the best things to come out of this AI era has been the conversations between those who teach high school and those who teach college. We should have been having these conversations all along, and we definitely need to be having them now. Always appreciate hearing what Marcus Luther thinks.
Marcus Luther@marcusluther.bsky.social · 2w agoI feel like this report overall stands apart from so much else we've seen from education institutions around guidance and vision in response to AI, so I took some time yesterday trying to go through it and reflect on the reasons why: thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Online Book Club | The Letters of Seamus Heaney 📅 Fri, 28 Aug at 1pm: https://ow.ly/OVvt50ZEMOz Join us on Teams for a chat about this month's book, 'The Letters of #SeamusHeaney', a collection of personal letters from the great poet.
Online Book Club | The Letters of Seamus Heaney
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Why is the 'most beloved' subject the hardest one in which to achieve H1s in the Leaving Certificate? www.juliangirdham.com/blog/our-bel...
Our Beloved Subject's exam grades — Julian Girdham
Quick comments on the absurdity of getting an H1 in Leaving Certificate English.
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I finished the longest novel I’ve ever read tonight. 989 pages 🤩 What a journey it’s been, and I’m so glad I took on the challenge. What helped me to succeed? Reading it in community with teachers around the world. So much in this book left to think and talk about this weekend 🙌🏻
The Occasional 16, starting with Catríona Lally's 'Home Economics'. Plus: James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/the-occasi...
The Occasional 16
Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more.
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode David talks to forensic anthropologist Sue Black about what happens when forensic science and forensic expertise end up on trial in the courtroom. Can a jury distinguish between good science, bad science and junk science? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
The Occasional 16, starting with Catríona Lally's 'Home Economics'. Plus: James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/the-occasi...
The Occasional 16
Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more.
juliangirdham.substack.com
Tomorrow: the latest Occasional - Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney and more. juliangirdham.substack.com
The Fortnightly from Julian Girdham | Substack
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid co...
juliangirdham.substack.com
