Training for teachers

SO, the president of DCU, Professor Brian MacCraith, believes that teachers should undergo ongoing training and refresher courses.

Fair enough.

Now, on the basis that charity is not the only thing which begins at home, would he agree that members of university education department who come into the classroom to supervise and grade H Dip students should themselves go back into the classroom at regular intervals for retraining, something which the teachers unions have been calling for, but which universities have steadfastly resisted?