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In yesterday’s post I put forward some thoughts on terminal second-level examinations and the effect that faring poorly in these could have for young adults’ future lives.
I received a comment on the topic from a correspondent who asserted:
…does success in exams equal education? Exams are an outmoded assessment tool – success in them [...]

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Do we have practical solutions (as opposed to high aspirations) about the best way to serve students in the 21st century?

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Today’s blog post is not so much about e-learning or learning and development but rather more about education in general. Whether it’s the Leaving Certificate (the final course in the Irish secondary school system), SATs in the US, O- and A-Levels in the UK, or le bac in France, I’m sure you are familiar [...]

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I believe that to glibly state that “it’s not the end of everything” simultaneously devalues the emotional and psychological impact of performing poorly in such an important life event, and provides false hope that somehow it will be all right.

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The final course in the Irish secondary school system the Leaving Certificate Examination – commonly called the Leaving Cert and equivalent to A-Levels in the UK or le bac in France – starts today.
As a tribute to those fine young men and women who – even as you read this post – [...]

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The final course in the Irish secondary school system the Leaving Certificate Examination (commonly called the Leaving Cert) starts today.
As a tribute to those fine young men and women who – even as you read this post – are tentatively turning over those pink and blue papers, and wondering what exquisite tortures the words [...]

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