Self-Directed Learning
Centre
within a
Whole School Approach
Resources:
- 6 Laptops
connected to the network
- Educational
CD ROMS
- Audio-Books
& Walkmans
- SCP Project
Worker
Targeting
Children with specific learning difficulties e.g. Dyslexia
- Software to
aid literacy & numeracy
- Building
Verbal Skills- Orally communicating knowledge in Exams. Microphone for
note-taking. MP3.
- Aural
learning- IT to transmit information (software & internet).
Withdrawal
of students with Behavioural Problems
- Students who
have a problem concentrating in standard classroom setting
- Can work at
own pace to complete project on the same topic that is being taught in the
class
- Building
skills to present the learned information back to the other students
- Aim to
re-integrate into class.
Also
- Behavioural
Therapy (Thurs afternoon- one-to-one/small groups)
- Art Therapy
(Fri afternoon -groups)
Withdrawal of
students with high academic attainment
- Students with
above average ability not achieving maximum potential.
- Can work at
own pace, researching topics not necessarily covered in curriculum.
Cross-Curricular
project work
- Art &
Design; History; Economics; Geography;
- Teaching
students how to find the information they need
- Communicating
with international students- different perspectives on social and economic
dilemmas.
- The Centre
will not be in isolation from the school, but will support an
inter-departmental approach.
Sharing
of Best Practice (Irish, European, Globally)
- Network of
Schools: Case studies of individual students/class projects
- Links with
web-sites such as No-Frontiers
- Change of
Governmental Policy
- Build up
resources for Irish teachers in an Irish context, based on the current
curriculum.
- Teacher
training in the relevant software