Professional Learning Materials

This section contains the professional learning materials and supporting resources which can be used to support professional learning in Junior Cycle History.

PLE Workshop 2024/2025

Overview of PLE Workshop 2024/2025:

This PLE is designed to explore and share our own practice on how to best support students in the early stages of their research on an aspect of History that they enjoy. The second session of the PLE considers how we can equip students with the skills to enhance their engagement with sources of evidence during their research. The final session of the PLE considers how formative assessment can be used to enhance and support our students research process and skills.

Support Material:

All audio and video is accessible through the PDFs below by clicking on the relevant images.

Please note that the workshop is divided into its three constituent sessions, each available below.

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

PLE Workshop 2023/2024

Overview of PLE Workshop 2023/2024:

The overall focus of the workshop is to explore the opportunities that everyday sources we encounter in the history classroom can be enhanced to help the development of students’ historical skills.

Support Material:

All audio and video is accessible through the PDFs below by clicking on the relevant images.

Please note that the workshop is divided into its three constituent sessions, each available below.

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

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