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This paper traces the evolution of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in Ireland over the course of the last century. Changing conceptualisations of the nature of childhood provide the context for understanding historical and contemporary approaches to ECCE. Historically, ...
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Two previous articles in this journal advocate the greater use of a behaviourist methodology called 'Precision Teaching' (PT). From a position located within virtue ethics, this article argues that the technical feat of raising narrowly defined performance in mathematics and othe...
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Free school meals provide support to vulnerable families in the Republic of Ireland. Funding is allocated as part of an anti-poverty strategy. An investigation was carried out to discover if the school meal could be used to provide nutritious scratch-cooked food as well as provid...
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This paper charts the development of one of Ireland's first comprehensive schools located in Carraroe in County Galway. Through a systematic, historical analysis of Department of Education and diocesan correspondence, this article provides a unique insight into how official polic...
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Pearse O'Shiel,Sean O'Flynn
(1998). Education as an art: An appraisal of Waldorf education. Irish Educational Studies: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 337-352.
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(1995). Dissemination of innovation : The experience of the NCCA. Irish Educational Studies: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 143-158.
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School inspection, school self-evaluation and the relationship between them are important themes in current educational policy debates. Many education systems are seeking to find a balance between the, at times, conflicting demands for a robust, transparent and effective system o...
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Ireland's ‘mathematics problem’ is well-documented and extensively reported in the media and elsewhere (Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) 2008; Task Force on the Physical Sciences 2002). Concern primarily lies with post-primary students’ underperformance in mathematics ...
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(1990). “Tiobraid Arann ag labhairt” — marketing the Irish language in north Tipperary. Irish Educational Studies: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 257-277.
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The study aims to investigate the effects of using mind maps and concept maps on students' learning of concepts in science courses. A total of 51 students participated in this study which used a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test/post-test control groups. The constr...
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Located in a larger study that attempted to challenge taken-for-granted or homogenizing assumptions about constructions of adolescent identity and to interrogate radically the process of qualitative research in this field [O' Grady, G. (2012). Constructing Identities with Young P...
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Anne Fleischmann
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The International Survey of Children's Wellbeing (ISCWeB) is the most wide-ranging and diverse study ever conducted internationally on children from their own perspective. The aim of this study was to pilot the ISCWeB among primary schoolchildren in Ireland to examine their subje...
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Review written by Dr. Jane Jones, Senior Lecturer in Education and Head of MFL Teacher Education, Department of Education, Communication and Society, King’s College London.Book published by Peter L...
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Michael Quinlivan
(1986). Compulsory attendance legislation for Irish schoolchildren, 1892 and 1926. Irish Educational Studies: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 88-105.
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(1990). Subject specialisation at second level and third level field of study: Some gender differences. Irish Educational Studies: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 158-173.
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