Light & Dark in Shakespeare's King Lear - English Community of Practice with guest presenter Julian Girdham
Light & Dark in Shakespeare's King Lear - English Community of Practice with guest presenter Julian Girdham
The final Community of Practice for Post-Primary Teachers of English, for this academic year, will take place on Tuesday 7 May 2024 @ 7pm, focusing on the dual thematic concepts of light and dark in William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear,’ with guest presenter Julian Girdham.
This session will focus on a textual analysis of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear,’ a prescribed text on the 2025 Leaving Certificate English course. Julian will focus on the fundamental ideas that underpin Shakespeare’s text, that revolve around the concepts of light and dark in the text. This Community of Practice session will be of great benefit for those teachers currently teaching ‘King Lear’ and who are looking for deeper understandings of the text, for the benefit of their students.
The session will last for approximately one hour and is aimed at all post-primary teachers of English.
About the guest presenter:
Julian Girdham is one of Ireland’s best known English teachers. He teaches in St Columba’s College in Dublin and, for many years, has provided English teachers with a vast array of resources on his website (www.juliangirdham.com), as well as producing his very popular ‘The Fortnightly’ newsletter. He also organises researchED Dublin, a major international educational conference that focuses on evidence-based practice, in St Columba’s College, as well as an annual ‘English Meet’ for teachers of English. He can be found on X/Twitter: @sccenglish.
About the host:
Joe Rolston is Deputy Principal in Glenart College, Arklow and an English and Religious Education teacher. Since 2020, he has coordinated the very popular Wexford Education Support Centre English Community of Practice. Joe also acts as a content reviewer of English textbooks for Edco publishers and is a former Associate Advisor with the JCT English team, as well as being an experienced written examiner with the SEC. He can be found on X/Twitter: @Joe_Rolston.
Course Details
| Course Start Date / Time | 07-05-2024 7:00 pm |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Fee | Free |
| Select Hours | 1 |
| Location | Online Course |