In July 2011, the Department of Education and Skills launched the National Strategy: Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life 2011-2020. The Strategy sets a clear vision for raising standards in literacy and numeracy in early years, primary and post-pr ...

"I teach maths to all levels in an adult male remand prison in Ireland and am also studying for a PhD in maths in prison education in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). This paper describes recent initiatives piloted by maths teachers and school m ...

NALA, the National Adult Literacy Agency for Ireland, held a  Numeracy Conference on 30 May in Dublin. Guest speakers included Merrilyn Goos, Professor of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, at the University of Limerick, and Sean Delaney, Registr ...