Reflections on themes and concerns at the heart of practice: towards cultivating student learning: stories of professional development in action

Teaching and Learning: Insights from Irish Schools is the on-line journal of the Second Level Support Service. Editor: Alec Mac Alister. Issue Number 2 published in Summer 2010 contains a series of articles based on practitioner's innovative pedagogical practices. The Forword to this edition is written by Dr. Geraldine Mooney Simmie, a former member of the Second Level Support Service, and Transition Year Support Team, and now a Lecturer in Education at the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick.