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EPISODE · Jan 18, 2025 · 5 MIN

Should we re-introduce textbooks into schools?

from Newstalk Weekend

Having moved from books to screens in 2009, Sweden is now reversing this decsision and re-introducing textbooks at a cost of €104 million, with growing concerns around student fatigue and concentration at the centre but should we do the same here in Ireland? To discuss this Anton is joined by Simon Lewis, school principal and host of‘If I were the Minister of Education’ podcast.

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