Gifted School Leavers: Deciding What To Do
On Sunday October 28th, the topic for our Twitter chat, #gtie, was “Gifted School Leavers: Deciding What to Do”. It turned out to be a lively […]
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Developing Support Groups
Support groups are a great way for parents to get together and let off steam. They provide an opportunity to speak to others who may […]
Giftedness as a Special Educational need
Our Twitter chat last night was on the topic of Giftedness as a Special Educational Need (SEN). (Transcript) The tweet of the night has to […]
Gifted Girls
The transcript of the #gtie Twitter chat on Gifted girls is available here. Gifted girls have unique needs in part because they tend to hide […]
CTYI Taster Day for Second Level Students
Taster Day Saturday 24th November 2012 Come along and try out the university-style courses available at CTYI. Open to all 13-16 year olds who have attended […]
Gifted Children and Tests
At #gtie last week we discussed Gifted Children and Tests. Not only did we have participants from Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Cork, we had our faithful supporters from […]
CTYI Public Meetings
The Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland (CTYI) provides enrichment courses for students with high academic ability and university-style courses for children of all ages […]
#GTIE Returns Tonight
Tonight, Sunday 7th October, sees the return of our Irish gifted twitter chat, #gtie at 9pm GMT/4pm EST. The topic will be “Gifted Children and […]
Gifted Get Together
Sunday 15th July 3pm CG20, Henry Grattan Building DCU Next Sunday, families from all over the country will be arriving at Dublin City University for […]
PISA Study Suggests Ireland Fails To Challenge High Ability Students
The Educational Research Centre (ERC) recently published a report on the Irish results on the OECD PISA international study of mathematics. The following quote is […]