International Keynote Presentation on Transitions in Education

On 16th February, 2017, Dr. Paul Downes, Director of DCU’s Educational Disadvantage Centre gave the keynote presentation at the Directorate General of Education of the Portuguese Ministry of Education & European Commission Working Group on Schools International Meeting TEIP 2017 “Continuity and Transitions in Learner Development”. His presentation, Addressing Continuity and Transitions in a Holistic, Multidimensional Way: Overcoming System Mismatch, Blockages in Communication and Fragmentation was to over 400 teachers and school principals from the Priority Zone Schools for areas of high poverty across Portugal, as well as for officials from Education Ministries across Europe.

The presentation can be accessed here. (1.52MB)