How we teach our children: Education is learning how to change

This is an exciting time of change for education in Ireland, writes John Hammond of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.

Aistear, the early childhood curriculum framework, is being implemented. The structure and time allocations in the primary curriculum are being reviewed, and work is ongoing on the languages and maths curricula.

Major developments in the curriculum at junior cycle have been under way since 2014, and will be gradually introduced in the coming years. We are also in the early stages of a review of senior-cycle education.