Gerard Elwood
@gerardelwood.bsky.social
PhD researcher @DCU IoE | Politics & Society: Teaching-Praxis, Influences, Student Agency. Teacher (Politics & Society, History, Philosophy & Citizenship) & Lecturer (Teacher Education). Views my own.
📍Ireland
📍Ireland
A national conversation on Ireland’s education future is about to begin, a chance to dream big, rethink everything and create something inspirational. Hopefully with equality and student voice at its core.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A national conversation on Ireland’s education future is about to begin, a chance to dream big, rethink everything and create something inspirational. Hopefully with equality and student voice at its core.
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If you're doing a PhD or looking for an academic career you'll have to get used to multiple variations on this from a whole host of anonymous referees. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChatter
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you're doing a PhD or looking for an academic career you'll have to get used to multiple variations on this from a whole host of anonymous referees. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDChatter
Long overdue but a much welcomed development.
A cross party group of Irish MEPs has written to the president of the European Parliament requesting that Northern Ireland political representatives be granted observer status at the Brussels and Strasbourg chambers.
Observer status for NI politicians in European Parliament
A cross party group of Irish MEPs has written to the president of the European Parliament requesting that Northern Ireland political representatives be granted observer status at the Brussels and Stra...
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Long overdue but a much welcomed development.
UK Supreme Court rules that the North's religious education & collective worship in schools is unlawful because it lacks objectivity and pluralism. A major human-rights victory ensuring childrens' rights to education respects their own beliefs.
The provision of Christian religious education in Northern Ireland schools does not comply with human rights standards and is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.
Religious education in NI breaches human rights - court
The provision of Christian religious education in Northern Ireland schools does not comply with human rights standards and is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
UK Supreme Court rules that the North's religious education & collective worship in schools is unlawful because it lacks objectivity and pluralism. A major human-rights victory ensuring childrens' rights to education respects their own beliefs.
Fascinating talk by Prof. Kris Grimonprez, KU Leuven, on EU Citizenship Education and the use of case studies in teaching and learning.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fascinating talk by Prof. Kris Grimonprez, KU Leuven, on EU Citizenship Education and the use of case studies in teaching and learning.
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🌿 Join Bitesize Biodiversity — a 15-min CPD every Monday at 4pm! Boost nature engagement, wellbeing & literacy.
💻 Register once, use the same link weekly: eckildare-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More CPD: www.issn.ie/new-page-2 🌱💚
💻 Register once, use the same link weekly: eckildare-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More CPD: www.issn.ie/new-page-2 🌱💚
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🌿 Join Bitesize Biodiversity — a 15-min CPD every Monday at 4pm! Boost nature engagement, wellbeing & literacy.
💻 Register once, use the same link weekly: eckildare-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More CPD: www.issn.ie/new-page-2 🌱💚
💻 Register once, use the same link weekly: eckildare-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More CPD: www.issn.ie/new-page-2 🌱💚
Lovely food and welcome at Olive #Palestinian 🇵🇸 Restaurant in Brussels. Thoroughly recommend a visit.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Lovely food and welcome at Olive #Palestinian 🇵🇸 Restaurant in Brussels. Thoroughly recommend a visit.
Good morning Brussels 🇧🇪
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Good morning Brussels 🇧🇪
A photograph that stirs many emotions.
From 'The Irish Farm in Colour' by Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne.
www.gillbooks.ie/irish-gift/i...
From 'The Irish Farm in Colour' by Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne.
www.gillbooks.ie/irish-gift/i...
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A photograph that stirs many emotions.
From 'The Irish Farm in Colour' by Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne.
www.gillbooks.ie/irish-gift/i...
From 'The Irish Farm in Colour' by Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne.
www.gillbooks.ie/irish-gift/i...
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📚 New Research Alert! Fostering teacher leadership for inclusion: the role of school-university partnerships and professional learning communities
50 free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPSFW...
@dcuresearch.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social @mauracoulter.bsky.social
50 free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPSFW...
@dcuresearch.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social @mauracoulter.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📚 New Research Alert! Fostering teacher leadership for inclusion: the role of school-university partnerships and professional learning communities
50 free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPSFW...
@dcuresearch.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social @mauracoulter.bsky.social
50 free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPSFW...
@dcuresearch.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social @mauracoulter.bsky.social
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Social media boosts your academic visibility – but at what cost? Larisa Yarovaya unpacks the tension between a curated professional image and oversharing: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-academics-becoming-overexposed-linkedin #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Are academics becoming overexposed on LinkedIn?
Social media is key to building an academic network but what about the darker side of putting your professional life on global display? Larisa Yarovaya explores the balance between polished presence and oversharing
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Social media boosts your academic visibility – but at what cost? Larisa Yarovaya unpacks the tension between a curated professional image and oversharing: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-academics-becoming-overexposed-linkedin #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Pragmatist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Quiz: What’s Your AI-dentity?
Are you an AI Doomer, an Accelerationist or somewhere in between? Answer these questions to find out.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Pragmatist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Teaching about life in Nazi Germany in Junior Certificate History today, focusing on the lives of women and young people. Happened to have a real Mother's Cross to bring the topic alive.
#history #speirgorm #edchatie
#history #speirgorm #edchatie
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Teaching about life in Nazi Germany in Junior Certificate History today, focusing on the lives of women and young people. Happened to have a real Mother's Cross to bring the topic alive.
#history #speirgorm #edchatie
#history #speirgorm #edchatie
Oireachtas Education Officer, Conor Reale's recent doctoral research: ‘A Different Sameness’: Exploring the multifaceted identities of politics and society teachers in Ireland – offers fascinating insights into the role of PolSoc teachers.
Detailed summary here:
ipen-network.org/exploring-th...
Detailed summary here:
ipen-network.org/exploring-th...
Exploring the multifaceted identities of Politics and Society teachers in Ireland – IPEN
ipen-network.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Oireachtas Education Officer, Conor Reale's recent doctoral research: ‘A Different Sameness’: Exploring the multifaceted identities of politics and society teachers in Ireland – offers fascinating insights into the role of PolSoc teachers.
Detailed summary here:
ipen-network.org/exploring-th...
Detailed summary here:
ipen-network.org/exploring-th...
Great to be in the company of passionate Politics & Society teachers this weekend at the PASTAI annual conference in Athlone.
Excellent presentations by Coimisiún na Meán, The Ombudsman for Children, The Electoral Commission and Financial Justice Ireland.
Huge thanks to the organisers!
Excellent presentations by Coimisiún na Meán, The Ombudsman for Children, The Electoral Commission and Financial Justice Ireland.
Huge thanks to the organisers!
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Great to be in the company of passionate Politics & Society teachers this weekend at the PASTAI annual conference in Athlone.
Excellent presentations by Coimisiún na Meán, The Ombudsman for Children, The Electoral Commission and Financial Justice Ireland.
Huge thanks to the organisers!
Excellent presentations by Coimisiún na Meán, The Ombudsman for Children, The Electoral Commission and Financial Justice Ireland.
Huge thanks to the organisers!
The UK Government has confirmed that Citizenship education will become statutory from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. Meaning students will gain a strong foundation in media and financial literacy, law, human rights, democracy, government and climate education throughout secondary education.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The UK Government has confirmed that Citizenship education will become statutory from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. Meaning students will gain a strong foundation in media and financial literacy, law, human rights, democracy, government and climate education throughout secondary education.
Updated Registration Guidelines: Teaching Politics & Society (Effective January 2026).
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Updated Registration Guidelines: Teaching Politics & Society (Effective January 2026).
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And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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This isn't the insult Fox News thinks it is. 😉
By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org
www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc...
#sschat #edusky
By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org
www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc...
#sschat #edusky
Public school districts coast to coast adopting radical curriculum from org named for 60s radical
Controversial Zinn Education Project curriculum adopted by 176,000+ teachers nationwide teaches American history through lens of racial oppression in public schools.
www.foxnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This isn't the insult Fox News thinks it is. 😉
By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org
www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc...
#sschat #edusky
By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org
www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc...
#sschat #edusky
In #Kildare Ed Centre next week to kick off a 4-part CPD series of evidenced-based workshops on quality teaching & learning.
Unpacking the post-primary subject inspection process by the Dept of Education & Youth Inspectorate. It's more transparent than many teachers think.
#edchatie #SpeirGorm
Unpacking the post-primary subject inspection process by the Dept of Education & Youth Inspectorate. It's more transparent than many teachers think.
#edchatie #SpeirGorm
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In #Kildare Ed Centre next week to kick off a 4-part CPD series of evidenced-based workshops on quality teaching & learning.
Unpacking the post-primary subject inspection process by the Dept of Education & Youth Inspectorate. It's more transparent than many teachers think.
#edchatie #SpeirGorm
Unpacking the post-primary subject inspection process by the Dept of Education & Youth Inspectorate. It's more transparent than many teachers think.
#edchatie #SpeirGorm
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Officially a Teacher in Further Education! Go me!!!
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Officially a Teacher in Further Education! Go me!!!
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm