GAELSCOILEANNA TEO. presentation to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science
December 4, 2007
Representatives from Gaelscoileanna Teoranta and others who are supporting the campaign for Early Total Immersion will be presenting the case for the withdrawal of circular 0044/2007 to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Education and Science on Thursday, morning, December 6th
Date:
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Time:
Presentation 09.30 am
Media statement after 11.00 am
Interviews from 1130 am to 1300 pm
Venue for interviews:
Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, 46 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
In attendance:
President of Gaelscoileanna Teoranta, Mícheál Ó Broin
Chief Executive of Gaelscoileanna Teoranta, Bláthnaid Ní Ghréacháin
Background:
The policy of early total immersion education as practised in Gaelscoileanna throughout Ireland is under threat from circular 0044/2007, issued by the Department of Education and Science. The circular proposes to introduce two and a half hours of English language teaching by no later that the second term of junior infants. This is in contrast to the four models of early total immersion model practiced in Gaelscoileanna throughout Ireland. The directive runs contrary to best international practice in the area of immersion education, and this campaign aims to see it’s withdrawal until such time as proper research can be undertaken in an Irish context.
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