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O'Rian, Sean. "La politica del multilinguismo e l'apprendimento della lingua." FUTURIBILI, no. 2 (September 2009): 134–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/fu2008-002014.
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- This paper focuses on a number of developments in macro-level language policies, outlines the background to the new status of the Irish language in the European Union and attempts to examine a proposal designed to improve the teaching of Irish in particular and language learning in general. At the moment the teaching of Irish is undergoing a serious crisis. While almost all primary school children in Ireland are able to speak English and Irish, in English-based schools the majority of students make no progress in Irish. To facilitate learning a second language a proposal is made for a preparatory approach involving the teaching of Esperanto in primary and middle school in Ireland in particular and Europe in general.
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Gotsuliak, Kateryna. "Primary Teachers’ Professional Training in the System of Postgraduate Education in the Light of Differentiating Teaching: Irish Experience." Comparative Professional Pedagogy 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 92–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rpp-2015-0027.
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Abstract Different information sources, namely National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 (Ireland), Introduction to Primary School Curriculum (1999), (Ireland), Primary Professional Development Service - Differentiation in Action, Ireland’s official postgraduate study website, the Strategic Plan 2012-2016 of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick University), have been studied. The mission of primary education in the light of differentiating teaching has been indicated. Main aspects of differentiating teaching have been highlighted. The correspondence between differentiating teaching foundations and primary school curriculum has been proved. Irish experience in professional training of future primary teachers in the system of postgraduate education in the light of differentiating teaching has been analyzed. Due to theoretical analysis of Professional Master of Education (Primary Teaching) (PME) postgraduate course’s aims the priority tasks of future primary teachers have been defined. Peculiarities of the postgraduate course of the Professional Master of Education (Primary Teaching) at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick have been justified. Positive aspects of Irish experience in postgraduate education system, in particular professional training of primary teachers, have been defined. Perspectives for the Ukrainian postgraduate system as for professional training of primary teachers have been outlined.
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Dalton, Gene, and Ann Devitt. "Gaeilge Gaming." International Journal of Game-Based Learning 6, no. 4 (October 2016): 22–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2016100102.
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In the 2011 census almost one in three Irish teenagers claimed to be unable to speak Irish (Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2012), despite the language being taught daily in school. The challenges facing the Irish language in schools are complex and multifaceted. The research reported here attempts to address some of these challenges by adopting a novel approach to teaching Irish to primary school children using an online detective game. This paper details how a group of 10 year old children (n = 17) report their experience of the game, and how this compares to its proposed affordances for language learning. Overall, the children responded very positively, and identified significant motivational factors associated with the game, such as rewards, positive team interactions, challenge and active learning. Their feedback demonstrates that this use of gaming technology has the potential to support children's language learning through creating a language community where users are motivated to use Irish in a meaningful way.
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Nally, Michael, and Brian Ladden. "An Exploration of an Induction Programme for Newly Qualified Teachers in a Post Primary Irish School." International Journal for Transformative Research 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 19–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2020-0003.
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AbstractThe Irish Teaching Council introduced a new model of school-based and National Induction Programme for Teachers (NIPT) called Droichead (meaning ‘bridge’ in Gaelic) in 2013/14. The Droichead process is an integrated professional induction framework for newly qualified teachers. It was designed to provide whole-school support for teacher induction in both primary and post-primary schools. This study explores the implementation of Droichead in a post-primary school, and to gain insights as to its effectiveness and the potential to bring about improvements.The study found that NQTs are un-prepared to assume full teaching duties after initial teacher education (ITE), and can benefit greatly from having mentors from within the school to guide them through their first year of teaching. The benefits of the process include emotional support for NQTs, practical help in terms of learning new teaching strategies, the promotion of reflective practice and assisting the professional development of teachers. Droichead was found to promote peer observation and can help leaders change the culture of an organisation to better embrace and support peer observation and review. The programme also promoted and developed leadership skills among the mentors, who cited a renewed enthusiasm for teaching from their involvement in Droichead. There were conflicting views on the involvement of the senior leadership team in the programme, and it would seem that the success of their inclusion depends largely on the individual style of leadership. The negative aspects of the Droichead process related to the ‘Cluster meetings’which are compulsory for NQTs and were seen as being too similar to their initial teacher education.
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Nally, Michael, and Brian Ladden. "An Exploration of an Induction Programme for Newly Qualified Teachers in a Post Primary Irish School." International Journal for Transformative Research 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 19–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2020-0003.
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Abstract The Irish Teaching Council introduced a new model of school-based and National Induction Programme for Teachers (NIPT) called Droichead (meaning ‘bridge’ in Gaelic) in 2013/14. The Droichead process is an integrated professional induction framework for newly qualified teachers. It was designed to provide whole-school support for teacher induction in both primary and post-primary schools. This study explores the implementation of Droichead in a post-primary school, and to gain insights as to its effectiveness and the potential to bring about improvements. The study found that NQTs are un-prepared to assume full teaching duties after initial teacher education (ITE), and can benefit greatly from having mentors from within the school to guide them through their first year of teaching. The benefits of the process include emotional support for NQTs, practical help in terms of learning new teaching strategies, the promotion of reflective practice and assisting the professional development of teachers. Droichead was found to promote peer observation and can help leaders change the culture of an organisation to better embrace and support peer observation and review. The programme also promoted and developed leadership skills among the mentors, who cited a renewed enthusiasm for teaching from their involvement in Droichead. There were conflicting views on the involvement of the senior leadership team in the programme, and it would seem that the success of their inclusion depends largely on the individual style of leadership. The negative aspects of the Droichead process related to the ‘Cluster meetings’ which are compulsory for NQTs and were seen as being too similar to their initial teacher education.
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Curran, Conor. "The Irish government and physical education in primary schools, 1922–37." Irish Historical Studies 45, no. 167 (May 2021): 43–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ihs.2021.29.
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AbstractThis article examines the treatment of physical drill as a curricular subject in primary schools in the Irish Free State in the period from 1922 to 1937. In particular, it assesses the reasons why its status as an obligatory subject was reduced in the mid 1920s. It will show that the availability of facilities, resources and teaching staff with suitable qualifications were all considerations, while some teachers were not physically capable of teaching the subject in the early years of the Irish Free State. In addition, a strong emphasis on the Irish language and the view that a reduced curriculum was more beneficial to learning meant that some subjects, including physical drill, were deemed optional. However, the decision to reduce the subject's status had not been supported by everyone and it was mainly the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation which was behind the move. Following its reduction from an obligatory subject to an optional one as a result of a decision taken at the Second National Programme Conference in 1926, a lack of a clear policy on the subject became evident. By the early 1930s, the subject was receiving more attention from the Irish government, which made some efforts made to integrate the Czechoslovakian Sokol system into Irish schools. In examining conflicting views on how to implement the Sokol system, and the work of Lieutenant Joseph Tichy, the man recruited to develop it within the Irish army, this article also identifies the reasons why this method of physical training was not a success in Irish schools.
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Mawhinney, Alison. "Freedom of religion in the Irish primary school system: a failure to protect human rights?" Legal Studies 27, no. 3 (September 2007): 379–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2007.00062.x.
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In the Republic of Ireland nearly all primary schools are state-funded but the vast majority of these schools are owned and managed by religious bodies. There is no system of state-run schools. This paper discusses the protection of freedom of religion within this unique system of schooling. In particular, it examines the notion of ‘the integrated curriculum’ whereby all schools in receipt of state funding are legally obliged to ensure that a religious spirit informs and vivifies the whole work of the school. The paper identifies the international human rights standards relevant to the teaching of religion in schools. Through empirical evidence based on interviews with parents, teachers and pupils, an assessment is made of how far Irish law and practice respect these standards. The outcome of this evaluation of the use of religious bodies in non-state service provision is discussed.
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Nic Eoin, Máirín. "Re-Imagining Academic and Professional Irish Language Programmes in Initial Teacher Education: Implications of a New Third Level Irish Language Syllabus." TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 24 (November 15, 2018): 20–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v24i0.40.
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In 2008, a national working group was established in Ireland with the objective of producing a new third level Irish-language syllabus based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Council of Europe, 2001). The need for such a syllabus was widely acknowledged by third level teachers of Irish, in particular by those working in Irish Departments in the Colleges of Education. This article documents the progress of the Syllabus Project initiated by the national working group, and addresses in particular the question of linguisticdiversity among student teachers preparing for a career in the primary school sector. The author considers language teaching in the debate about initial teacher education models, the policy background to the Syllabus Project, pedagogy and practice in piloting the new syllabus, and future perspectives on third level Irish-language course provision.
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Brosnan, Anne. "Introducing lesson study in promoting a new mathematics curriculum in Irish post-primary schools." International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies 3, no. 3 (September 30, 2014): 236–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlls-09-2013-0050.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate and review how the practices of Lesson Study fare in enhancing the professional capabilities of mathematics teachers when introduced as part of a pilot project in reforming the post-primary mathematics curriculum in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach – Totally, 250 mathematics teachers teaching Junior and Senior Cycle mathematics in 24 post-primary schools constitute the population of this study. The schools which participated are representative of the range of all post-primary schools in Ireland. Findings – Lesson Study has an important role to play in the continuing professional development of teachers in the 24 post-primary schools and beyond in Ireland. An investigation of the maths teachers’ engagement with Lesson Study reveals some considerable initial resistance. Reasons for this resistance are examined and the lessons learned from the steps taken to deal with this are reviewed. Lesson Study is an innovation that teachers need to understand deeply and to practice regularly through mutual support if they are to avail of it fruitfully. Accordingly, further approaches need to be explored, not least the important role of school leadership, to adapt Lesson Study more fully and more productively to the professional cultures of teaching in Ireland. Originality/value – An analytic and evaluative account of the challenges and complexities involved in introducing Lesson Study to post-primary schools in Ireland is presented for the first time.
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Harris, John. "The declining role of primary schools in the revitalisation of Irish." AILA Review 21 (December 31, 2008): 49–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aila.21.05har.
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Although the vast majority of people in Ireland have at least some knowledge of Irish, only a small minority speak it as a community language (in Gaeltacht areas in the west) or in the more widely dispersed Irish-speaking households in the large English speaking area. Primary schools have had a central role in language revitalisation since the late 19th century, by transmitting a knowledge of the language to each new generation. This paper examines how well primary schools have performed in recent decades. Results of a national comparative study over a 17 year period show that there has been a long-term decline in pupil success in learning Irish (speaking and listening) in ‘ordinary’ schools. Proficiency in Irish in all-Irish immersion schools in English-speaking areas have held up well despite rapid expansion. Reasons for the decline in ordinary schools include time pressures in the curriculum, a reduction in Irish-medium teaching, changing teacher attitudes and a lack of engagement by parents. The changing role of the Department of Education and Science in relation to Irish and the rapid evolution of new educational structures, have also have had negative effects. Implications for the revitalisation of Irish are discussed.
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Sugrue, Ciaran. "Performativity and Professionalism: Irish Primary Principals' Experience of Building Leadership Capacity." European Educational Research Journal 8, no. 3 (January 1, 2009): 372–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/eerj.2009.8.3.372.
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The evidence presented in this article regarding policy reforms in the Irish context may suggest that, until now at least, professionalism prevails over performativity when viewed from the perspectives of primary principals. Nevertheless, the article argues that the prevalence of professionalism may indeed be short lived and principals themselves may be complicit in hastening a more performative-driven culture within school communities as they compete for a share of systemic power and in the process increase professional distance between themselves and their teaching colleagues while promulgating a rhetoric of collegiality and shared leadership.
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Ní Chlochasaigh, Karen, Pádraig Ó Duibhir, and Gerry Shiel. "Dearcthaí agus Cleachtais Ghairmiúla maidir le Tionchar an Tumoideachais ar Dhaltaí i nGaelscoileanna atá lonnaithe i gCeantair faoi Mhíbhuntáiste: Deiseanna agus Dúshláin." TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 25 (November 15, 2018): 74–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v25i0.50.
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Irish immersion education, although traditionally deemed as an advantage enjoyed principally by middle-class families where parents were a driving force of demand and promotion, has become increasingly available to a more diverse body of students throughout Ireland. Diversity takes shape mainly in the socio-economic, linguistic, ethnic and special educational needs of students from various backgrounds attending Irish-medium schools. Thirteen Irish-medium primary schools situated in designated areas of disadvantage throughout Ireland are part of the DEIS1 Plan, which offers additional support to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of young people who are at social disadvantage.
This paper examines the challenges and benefits of immersion for students in Irish-medium education in disadvantaged settings. We present data collected from school principals, teachers and special education teachers on the issues that impact the schools and their students. The main issues highlighted were poor acquisition of English as a first language, attending to the needs of children with learning difficulties, lack of awareness and diagnostic tools in Irish during psychological assessments, lack of parental support, deficiencies in appropriate teaching and assessment resources through Irish, the absence of language support for Irish and a language support teacher, and a need for a greater emphasis in teacher education on immersion education and on education in socially disadvantaged settings.
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Kirwan, Déirdre. "Utilising pupils plurilingual skills: a whole-school approach to language learning in a linguistically diverse Irish primary school." CEFR Journal - Research and Practice 3 (October 2020): 98–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.37546/jaltsig.cefr3-6.
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Since the mid-1990s, schools in many parts of Ireland have experienced an unprecedented increase in the level of linguistic and cultural diversity among pupils. This paper describes an innovative approach to integrated language learning that was developed in a primary school in West Dublin in response to this phenomenon. To ensure inclusion of all pupils and to support them in reaching their full potential, pupils’ plurilingual repertoires are welcomed. Two overarching goals to language teaching and learning inform the whole-school language policy that seeks to: • ensure that all pupils become proficient1 in the language of schooling • exploit the linguistic diversity of the school for the benefit of all pupils (Council of Europe [CoE] 2001: 4; Garcia 2017: 18). Classroom procedures that facilitate inclusion of home languages in curriculum delivery and the needs of pupils who are endeavouring to learn English as an additional language are described. The importance of literacy is highlighted as is teacher, pupil, and parent cooperation. In addition to high levels of achievement in standardised tests of English and Maths, additional outcomes are identified including enhancement of the Irish language, a developing culture of learner autonomy, and the cultivation of pupil confidence and social cohesion.
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Reilly, Eithne, Katie Dhingra, and Daniel Boduszek. "Teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, self-esteem, and job stress as determinants of job satisfaction." International Journal of Educational Management 28, no. 4 (May 6, 2014): 365–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-04-2013-0053.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of teaching self-efficacy, perceived stress, self-esteem, and demographic characteristics (age, gender, education, and years of teaching experience) in predicting job satisfaction within a sample of 121 Irish primary school teachers. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from teachers from eight primary schools. Hypotheses were tested using a comparison of means, correlations, and multiple regression. Findings – Results indicated that the predictor variables accounted for 22 per cent of variance in teachers’ job satisfaction. However, only perceived stress was found to explain unique predictive variance, with high levels of occupations stress related to low levels of job satisfaction. Practical implications – Perceived stress should be targeted in efforts to improve teachers’ job satisfaction. Originality/value – The results make an additional contribution to the literature by providing important information on the factors contributing to teachers’ job satisfaction in Ireland.
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Ní Chróinín, Déirdre, Maura Coulter, and Melissa Parker. "“We Took Pictures”: Children’s Meaning-Making in Physical Education." Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 39, no. 2 (April 1, 2020): 216–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0019.
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Purpose: Studying learning in primary physical education is complex and largely practical and embodied; not only involving the child, but also closely linking the lesson context. The aim of this paper is to understand teaching and learning in primary physical education through the use of photo-diaries. Method: Participants were children (n = 38) and their teachers (n = 2) from two Irish primary schools across a 6-week period. Data included children’s photo-diaries, photo-elicitation focus group interviews with the children, and interviews with their teachers. Results: Results highlight that photo-diaries supported children’s meaning-making processes about their learning, highlighting a variety of meanings grounded in the centrality of the body as performance of learning. Discussion and Conclusion: The value of photo-based approaches with primary school children to access their meaning-making and influences on their understandings is highlighted.
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Sharkey, Louise, and Fiona McNicholas. "Selective Mutism: A prevalence study of primary school children in the Republic of Ireland." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 29, no. 1 (2012): 36–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700017596.
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AbstractObjective: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of selective mutism (SM) in an urban school population and to assess comorbidity and family characteristics.Method: Teachers of primary schools, teaching children between the ages of four and 12, were sent a description of SM and asked to complete the selective mutism questionnaire (SMQ) if they believed a child in their class met criteria. Thirty-nine schools were sampled, covering a catchment area of 10,927 children. Children who screened positive on the SMQ were offered a full psychiatric assessment. Parent, child and clinicians completed various rating scales.Results: A response rate of 100% from schools was obtained. The prevalence rate of SM was 0.18% (20/10927). fourteen (70%) attended for further evaluation. All children scored within the clinical range on the Clinical Global Assessment Scale (CGAS), indicating moderate to severe impairment. fifty percent (7) reported a family history of social anxiety disorder, and 43% (6) autistic spectrum disorders.Conclusion: This is the first Irish based prevalence study of SM. Results indicate that SM is not as rare as previously believed. Children with SM were found to have significant functional impairment along with a strong family history of anxiety and autism.
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O’Connor, Hilary, and Paul Flynn. "Supporting the Transition from Primary to Postprimary Education in 2021: Perspectives from Irish Postprimary Practitioners." Education Sciences 11, no. 9 (September 15, 2021): 546. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090546.
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The transition from primary to postprimary education is a significant milestone in children’s education and can be characterised by the multiple challenges that they experience, specifically the move from childhood to adolescence, from one institutional context to another, and from established social groups into new social relations. This research employs a theoretical framework that describes this transition from the perspective of secondary school inservice practitioners as they aim to help students to make a successful transition. An incremental, sequential mixed-methods data collection strategy took the form of an exploratory survey followed by qualitative semistructured interviews. Current transition practices in the context of the challenges presented in Irish secondary schools are reported on in five key areas: administration, social and emotional supports, curriculum support, pedagogical support, and management/autonomy of learning. The findings of this research also highlight a need to reflect on the purpose and timing of current practices, along with calls for continuing professional development programmes to be developed that specifically target the challenges faced by Irish inservice teaching practitioners. It is hoped that this paper will spark discourse relating to the development of transitional supports for students and associated training for those who are best placed to provide those supports.
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Clohessy, Liam, Richard Bowles, and Déirdre Ní Chróinín. "Playing to our strengths: Generalist teachers’ experiences of class swapping for primary physical education." European Physical Education Review 26, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 571–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356336x19877195.
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Class swapping is the process whereby a generalist primary school teacher with a particular subject expertise and interest swaps classes with a teacher colleague and they teach each other’s class a specific area of the curriculum. Instances of class swapping for physical education (PE) have been noted in many countries, but there is currently no explicit research into this practice. Consequently, this research investigated the experiences of two generalist teachers with additional PE expertise teaching PE to classes other than their own in two Irish primary schools over two separate intervention periods totalling 18 weeks. The participants’ experiences of class swapping for PE were analysed using qualitative data generated by individual interviews, pupil focus groups, researcher observations and teacher reflections. Hargreaves and Fullan’s theory of professional capital was used as a theoretical framework. The lead teachers’ expertise and enthusiasm for PE provided the pupils involved with rich PE experiences. The opportunity to teach additional PE also increased the lead teachers’ ability and motivation to provide further PE leadership within their schools. Furthermore, class swapping contributed to increased teacher interactions focused on teaching and learning. These findings make a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of class swapping and its potential to enrich pupil experiences in primary PE settings where generalist teachers operate.
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Kavanagh, Siobhán, PJ Sexton, and Sabrina Fitzsimons. "Transforming Middle Leadership in Education and Training Board Post-Primary Schools in Ireland." International Journal for Transformative Research 8, no. 1 (December 1, 2021): 20–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2021-0003.
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Abstract Distributed Leadership (DL) is a feature of education in many jurisdictions. Similarly, in Ireland the principles of DL have been adopted as part of a quality framework to underpin a system that provides high quality student care, learning and teaching. This model necessitates an alignment of senior leaders (SLs) and middle leaders (MLs) whose actions are informed by the needs and priorities of their particular school. The traditional notion of the ML position as a management position is changing. The evolution requires a reconceptualisation, a transformation of the role and how we support and develop it to ensure that MLs are an integral part of the leadership structure of the school. This pragmatic research explored the PD needs of MLs in Irish, Education and Training Board (ETB) post-primary schools. It involved a mixed-methods, exploratory sequential study. Stage one involved a set of five semi structured interviews with AP I post holders. These were used as an instrument to develop the online surveys. Stage two involved quantitative research. Online surveys were distributed to all ETB schools in the republic of Ireland. In stage three a summary of the findings of the survey were shared with ten AP Is who were subsequently interviewed to gain further insights. The study illustrated that the development of MLs requires the support of SLs, skills development, a supportive school culture and combined training for senior and middle leaders which should be facilitated by an independent person.
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Bruce, Patrick, Carol Bruce, Victor Hrymak, Niamh Hickey, and Patricia Mannix McNamara. "Staff Stress and Interpersonal Conflict in Secondary Schools—Implications for School Leadership." Societies 12, no. 6 (December 9, 2022): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc12060186.
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The importance of school leadership and workplace stress is a recurring theme in education-based research. The literature reports that workplace stress in teaching is a difficult matter to resolve, with mixed outcomes from interventions. The aim of this initial scoping study was to report on the experiences of school leaders with interpersonal conflict (IPC), a known cause of this workplace stress. Accordingly, a sample of twelve school leaders working in Irish post primary schools were recruited to participate in this study using semi-structured interviews. All twelve participants reported experiencing workplace stress and linked other people as a source of this stress. Nine out of twelve had experienced IPC as a school leader. School leaders also noted a fear of reporting workplace stress. Half of the participants reported becoming ill from workplace stress and had taken time off from work. Participants also reported ‘balkanisation’ of like-minded cliques that tried to exert control over other groups. None of the participants expressed confidence in organisational strategies to resolve workplace stress or IPC. This study demonstrates that resolutions for IPC were scant. Further research is needed to conceptualise this phenomenon in the school environment and to support school leaders to effectively manage IPC as a cause of workplace stress.
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Tansey, Lorraine, and María D. Gallo. "From homework club to social justice: Critical reflections on student volunteering through the examination of a school–university partnership." Research for All 2, no. 1 (January 25, 2018): 76–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.18546/rfa.02.1.08.
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Student volunteering has gained significant traction in Irish higher education, enabling a formalization of a traditionally organic activity. Formalizing student volunteering leads to the growth in best practice supports, developing a rich opportunity and space for university civic engagement. Student volunteering with community educational programmes is particularly popular, as students are actively engaged with youth organizations and schools, local to campuses and internationally, travelling as teaching assistants with development NGOs. Drawing on an extensive literature review, critiques of student volunteering as the vehicle for community engagement and reflection are shared alongside a case study of a university–school partnership. A partnership exists between three local primary schools and the National University of Ireland, Galway, historically through a mentoring or tutoring relationship – the homework club. The following case study seeks to map the partnership, led by a holistic research and reflection process, to build a whole-school approach to the engagement. A critical analysis of student volunteering, a component of this research process, is an important contribution to transforming the partnership relationship.
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Fitzgerald, Johanna, Joe Lynch, Angela Martin, and Bernadette Cullen. "Leading Inclusive Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Post-Primary Schools in Ireland: Does Provision Mapping Support an Integrated, School-Wide and Systematic Approach to Inclusive Special Education?" Education Sciences 11, no. 4 (April 5, 2021): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11040168.
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A parallel system of inclusive and special education persists in Ireland despite attempts to move towards integrated provision for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) along a flexible continuum of support. Even in mainstream schools, duality exists and discrete delivery of special education continues to create ‘siloed’ approaches to education for some students. This paper outlines a research and knowledge exchange initiative involving a higher education institution and a management body for post-primary schools in Ireland attempting to develop integrated, school-wide, systematic and collaborative approaches to inclusive and special education. Theoretically underpinned by Hornby’s model of Inclusive Special Education (2015) and a conceptualisation of the SENCO role in the Irish context, a pilot process was implemented to support the development of an integrated response to a continuum of need. A year after initial implementation a review was undertaken. Focus group and individual interviews with SENCOs, Curriculum Leaders and Principals in six schools indicate that the initiative, while still in its infancy, raised awareness about inclusive special education amongst staff and provided data-informed approaches to education. The centrality of leadership in promoting school-wide approaches to inclusive special education also emerged. Finally, the importance of situated community of practice approaches to professional learning were identified as critical to leading change in schools.
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Regan, Vera. "TEACHING AND LEARNING IRISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOL: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. John Harris and Lelia Murtagh. Dublin: Instituid Teangeolaiochta Eireann, 1999. Pp. 515. Ir £8 paper." Studies in Second Language Acquisition 23, no. 3 (September 2001): 438–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0272263101233063.
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This volume is an extremely comprehensive research report. It speaks principally to language planning, language policy bodies, and curriculum development units in Ireland, as well as to teachers of Irish in primary schools. Although it targets a quite specific audience, it has many elements of interest to policymakers internationally, especially in relation to minority languages, and to researchers in SLA interested in areas such as bilingualism, immersion, the role of instruction, and input in the classroom.
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Lebedev, Sergei, Raffaele Bonadio, Clara Gómez-García, Janneke I. de Laat, Laura Bérdi, Bruna Chagas de Melo, Daniel Farrell, et al. "Education and public engagement using an active research project: lessons and recipes from the SEA-SEIS North Atlantic Expedition's programme for Irish schools." Geoscience Communication 2, no. 2 (October 11, 2019): 143–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-143-2019.
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Abstract. An exciting research project, for example with an unusual field component, presents a unique opportunity for education and public engagement (EPE). The adventure aspect of the fieldwork and the drive and creativity of the researchers can combine to produce effective, novel EPE approaches. Engagement with schools, in particular, can have a profound impact, showing the students how science works in practice, encouraging them to study science, and broadening their career perspectives. The project SEA-SEIS (Structure, Evolution And Seismicity of the Irish offshore, https://www.sea-seis.ie, last access: 6 October 2019) kicked off in 2018 with a 3-week expedition on the research vessel (RV) Celtic Explorer in the North Atlantic. Secondary and primary school students were invited to participate and help scientists in the research project, which got the students enthusiastically engaged. In a nation-wide competition before the expedition, schools from across Ireland gave names to each of the seismometers. During the expedition, teachers were invited to sign up for live, ship-to-class video link-ups, and 18 of these were conducted. The follow-up survey showed that the engagement was not only exciting but encouraged the students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and STEM-related careers. With most of the lead presenting scientists on the ship being female, both girls and boys in the classrooms were presented with engaging role models. After the expedition, the programme continued with follow-up, geoscience-themed competitions (a song-and-rap one for secondary and a drawing one for primary schools). Many of the programme's best ideas came from teachers, who were its key co-creators. The activities were developed by a diverse team including scientists and engineers, teachers, a journalist, and a sound artist. The programme's success in engaging and inspiring school students illustrates the EPE potential of active research projects. The programme shows how research projects and the researchers working on them are a rich resource for EPE, highlights the importance of an EPE team with diverse backgrounds and expertise, and demonstrates the value of co-creation by the EPE team, teachers, and school students. It also provides a template for a multifaceted EPE programme that school teachers can use with flexibility, without extra strain on their teaching schedules. The outcomes of an EPE programme coupled with research projects can include both an increase in the students' interest in STEM and STEM careers and an increase in the researchers' interest and proficiency in EPE.
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Smith, Greg. "An innovative model of professional development to enhance the teaching and learning of primary science in Irish schools." Professional Development in Education 40, no. 3 (September 26, 2013): 467–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2013.830274.
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Tiernan, Bairbre, Dolores McDonagh, and Ann Marie Casserly. "Supporting student with emotional disturbance/behavioural disorder in Irish post-primary schools: replacing care support with teaching provision." Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties 25, no. 2 (January 21, 2020): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2020.1716514.
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Leonard, Shane. "Towards a language based view of teaching and learning in Irish primary schools: explicating the gap between linguistic research and teaching and learning." Irish Educational Studies 39, no. 1 (April 24, 2019): 39–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2019.1606726.
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Harford, Judith, and Teresa O'Doherty. "The Discourse of Partnership and the Reality of Reform: Interrogating the Recent Reform Agenda at Initial Teacher Education and Induction Levels in Ireland." Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal 6, no. 3 (September 30, 2016): 37–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.64.
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Over the last decade, teacher education in Ireland has experienced radical reconceptualization and restructuring at both initial teacher education [ITE] and induction levels, with reform of continuous professional development now in the planning phase. The establishment of the Teaching Council (2006) as a statutory, regulatory body, with a role in the review and accreditation of teacher education, increased the visibility of and policy focus on teacher education. Significant reform of initial teacher education was announced in 2011 that included both an extension of the duration of programmes and, most notably, the period the student teachers were to be engaged in school-based professional development. This increased period has been accompanied by a shift in the understanding of what is involved in practicum and implies a redefinition of the respective roles of the university and the school, and the development of a new form of partnership between both agencies. The period of induction and probation has also become an area of reform with an emphasis on school-based coaching and the evaluation of newly qualified teachers, which devolves decisions on teachers’ full recognition and membership of the profession, to principals and colleagues.This shift, which changes the established approach to induction for primary level teachers, has resulted in the withdrawal of cooperation with this policy by the main teacher union and to the implementation process being stymied. Both policy developments bring the concept of partnership within Irish education into sharp focus: a partnership between schools and universities in ITE, but also partnership in policy development and implementation in the case of induction.
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Fahie, Declan. "Faith of our fathers – lesbian, gay and bisexual teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching of religion in Irish denominational primary schools." Irish Educational Studies 36, no. 1 (January 2, 2017): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2017.1289700.
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Ni Shuilleabhain, Aoibhinn. "Developing mathematics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge in lesson study." International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies 5, no. 3 (July 11, 2016): 212–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlls-11-2015-0036.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the development of mathematics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) over successive cycles of lesson study. Utilising the framework of mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) (Ball et al., 2008), this research classifies features of PCK as utilised by post-primary mathematics teachers in their planning and reflection conversations in lesson study. The development of these features of PCK is then traced over successive cycles. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 12 teachers in two Irish post-primary schools participated in this research. Over the course of one academic year, these two groups of teachers completed a number of cycles of lesson study and qualitative data were generated through audio recordings of all lesson study meetings and through individual interviews with participants. Findings – Analysis of teacher dialogue reveals distinct features of knowledge of content and students (KCS) and knowledge of content and teaching (KCT) incorporated by these teachers in their planning and reflection conversations, providing empirical evidence of MKT in lesson study. The occurrence of these features of KCS and KCT in lesson study conversations increased over successive cycles, demonstrating teacher learning. Originality/value – This research contributes to the literature in expanding the theoretical underpinnings of teacher learning in lesson study. It also provides further empirical evidence of MKT (Ball et al., 2008) in teacher practice, specifically related to post-primary mathematics teachers.
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Ní Dhiorbháin, Aisling. "Tionchar an Teagaisc Fhollasaigh ar Ghnóthachtáil Mac Léinn ar Struchtúir Éagsúla sa Ghaeilge." TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 25 (November 19, 2018): 99–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v25i0.55.
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Cuirfear síos ag tús an ailt, ar anailís earráidí a rinneadh ar earráidí coitianta sa Ghaeilge scríofa a bhí ag grúpa bunmhúinteoirí faoi oiliúint (n=80). Ag eascairt ón anailís ar earráidí, roghnaíodh ceithre spriocstruchtúr: na huimhreacha, an aidiacht shealbhach, na réamhfhocail shimplí is cúis le séimhiú ar chonsan agus an t-ainm briathartha d’idirghabháil foirm-dhírithe. Cuireadh cur chuige déaduchtach i bhfeidhm le dhá ghrúpa, agus cuireadh cur chuige ionduchtach-follasach i bhfeidhm le dhá ghrúpa (n=60), ar feadh caoga nóiméad sa tseachtain, thar thréimhse d’ocht seachtaine. Rinneadh iniúchadh sa staidéar seo, ar éifeachtacht an teagaisc fhollasaigh ar ghnóthachtáil na múinteoirí faoi oiliúint (n=60) ar na ceithre spriocstruchtúr. Fiosraíodh ach go háirithe, cé acu cur chuige follasach ab éifeachtaí, cur chuige déaduchtach nó cur chuige ionduchtach-follasach, le forbairt a dhéanamh ar léireolas na mac léinn ar na struchtúir.
Cuireadh triail ghramadaí ar na mic léinn ag Céim a hAon (roimh an idirghabháil); ag Céim a Dó (díreach i ndiaidh na hidirghabhála); agus ag Céim a Trí (seacht seachtaine i ndiaidh na hidirghabhála). Léiríodh difríocht shuntasach le tomhas mór éifeachta i ngnóthachtáil na mac léinn ar na ceithre struchtúr, ó Céim a hAon go Céim a Dó, gan ach titim bheag sna torthaí ag Céim a Trí, leis an dá chur chuige follasacha. Tháinig sé chun solais sa taighde gur tháinig feabhas ní ba mhó ar struchtúir áirithe i ndiaidh an teagaisc fhollasaigh, agus gurbh é struchtúr an ainm bhriathartha an struchtúr ba dhúshlánaí as na ceithre struchtúr do na mic léinn. Tugadh le fios gur chothaigh giniúint an eolais fhógraigh dúshlán ar leith do na múinteoirí faoi oiliúint. Tugann torthaí na hanailíse earráidí léargas suimiúil ar na hearráidí ba choitianta sa Ghaeilge scríofa a bhí ag grúpa amháin bunmhúinteoirí faoi oiliúint. Tá sé mar aidhm ag an bpáipéar túsphlé a spreagadh ar eolas gramadúil bunmhúinteoirí faoi oiliúint agus ar theagasc na gramadaí sna hinstitiúidí oideachais.
Results from an error analysis of common errors in written Irish from a sample of student primary school teachers (n=80) are presented at the beginning of the paper. Arising from the analysis four target structures: numbers, the possessive adjective, simple prepositions which lenite consonants and the verbal noun clause, were selected for a form-focused intervention. A deductive approach was implemented with two groups, and an explicit-inductive approach was implemented with two groups (n=60), for fifty minutes per week, over an eight week period. This study examined the effectiveness of explicit grammar teaching on the student primary teachers’ achievement on the four target structures. The study investigated in particular, which explicit approach, a deductive or an explicit-inductive approach, would be most effective in developing the students’ explicit knowledge of target forms.
An Irish grammar test was administered to students at Time One (before the intervention); at Time Two (immediately following the intervention); and at Time Three (seven weeks after the intervention). Results revealed a significant difference, with a large effect size, in student achievement on the four target structures from Time One to Time Two, with a slight decrease in scores at Time Three, for both explicit approaches. The study showed that student achievement increased more on particular structures, as a result of the explicit teaching, and that the verbal noun clause was the most challenging of the four structures for the students. Results also indicated that the production of declarative knowledge posed a significant challenge for the student teachers. Results from the error analysis provide an interesting insight into the common grammatical errors in written Irish, of one sample of student primary teachers. It is intended that this paper will initiate dialogue about the grammatical knowledge of student primary teachers and the teaching of grammar in Institutes of Education.
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Calleja Barcia Iria, Iria, and Margarita Pino-Juste. "DETERMINACIÓN DE LOS CONTENIDOS INCLUIDOS EN LOS PLANES DE ACCIÓN TUTORIAL EN EUROPA." International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD de Psicología. 3, no. 1 (September 27, 2016): 529. http://dx.doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v3.533.
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Abstract:Tutoring action is an essential part of the teachers work, specially the one referred to values teaching. In Spain, this work is determined by the Tutoring Action Plan and by the joint effort of teachers and the guidance services in school. However in european setting, this assignment differs in contents and working methods. The present communication´s aim is to demarcate the included contents in tutoring work in the european setting, through de content analysis of spanish, english, irish, swedish and finnish National Curriculums.Keywords: Tutoring, cross-curricular themes, values, Primary Education, Secondary Education.Resumen:La acción tutorial es una parte esencial del trabajo de los docentes, especialmente el relacionado con la educación en valores. En España, este trabajo está determinado por el Plan de Acción Tutorial y por el esfuerzo conjunto de los docentes y los servicios de orientación en la escuela. Sin embargo en el entorno europeo, esta tarea difiere en los contenidos y métodos de trabajo. La presente comunicación tiene por objeto la determinación de los contenidos que se incluyen en la labor tutorial en el entorno europeo, a través del análisis de contenido de los Curriculums Nacionales español, inglés, irlandés, sueco y finlandés.Palabras clave: Tutoría, temas transversales, valores, Educación Primaria, Educación Secundaria.
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Wallen, Matthew, and Helen Kelly-Holmes. "‘I think they just think it’s going to go away at some stage’: Policy and Practice in Teaching English as an Additional Language in Irish Primary Schools." Language and Education 20, no. 2 (March 15, 2006): 141–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500780608668718.
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Ó Duibhir, Pádraig, and Laoise Ní Thuairisg. "Cur siar mhúineadh an Bhéarla i mbunscoileanna Gaeltachta: más mall is mithid." TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 10 (March 6, 2019): 228–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v10i0.80.
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Bhí iliomad coiste, comhairle, agus coimisiúin a rinne iniúchadh ar an gcóras oideachais Gaeltachta i gcaitheamh na mblianta ó 1926 i leith. Tugadh neamhaird den chuid is mó ar mholtaí na dtuarascálacha éagsúla go dtí gur foilsíodh Curaclam Teanga na Bunscoile (An Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta, 2015) agus an Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta (An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna, 2016). Ceadaítear tréimhse tumadh iomlán sa Ghaeilge den chéad uair de réir na moltaí sna cáipéisí sin. Ardaíonn sé seo ceisteanna do scoileanna Gaeltachta maidir le riachtanais oideachais teanga cainteoirí óga Gaeilge na Gaeltachta. Ar chóir múineadh an Bhéarla a thosú go luath do na cainteoirí seo ag aithint go maireann siad i ndomhan ina bhfuil an Béarla ceannasach? Déantar cur síos san alt seo ar an iniúchadh a rinneadh ar na moltaí éagsúla a rinneadh maidir leis an oideachas Gaeltachta agus ar an litríocht ábhartha le fáil amach an bhfuil bonn láidir oideachasúil faoin bpolasaí seo. Mhaígh Ó Duibhir agus Cummins (2012) go n-aistríonn scileanna áirithe teanga, ar nós scileanna litearthachta, ó theanga amháin go teanga eile. Más fíor sin, d’fhéadfaí a mhaíomh gur cuma cé acu teanga go dtéitear i ngleic léi ar dtús mar go n-aistreofar na scileanna ó theanga amháin go dtí an ceann eile. Léiríonn taighde eile le páistí Gaeltachta (7-12 bliain d’aois) ar chainteoirí dúchais iad, go bhfuil stór focal níos fairsinge acu sa Bhéarla ná mar atá sa Ghaeilge (Péterváry, Ó Curnáin, Ó Giollagáin, & Sheahan, 2014). B’fhéidir gur fianaise í seo go bhfuil sealbhú neamhiomlán i gceist do na páistí seo agus go rachadh sé chun sochair dóibh múineadh an Bhéarla a chur siar chun breis ama a thabhairt dóibh bonn níos seasmhaí a chur faoina gcumas Gaeilge.
Numerous committees, advisory bodies and commissions have investigated the Gaeltacht education system over the years since 1926. The recommendations of the resulting reports were on the whole ignored until the publication of the Primary Language Curriculum (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2015) and the Policy for Gaeltacht Education (Department of Education and Skills, 2016). According to the recommendations in these documents, a total immersion period in Irish is permitted for the first time. This raises questions for Gaeltacht schools about the language education needs of young Irish speakers in their schools. Should the teaching of English commence early for these speakers recognising that they live in an English dominated world? In this paper, we describe an investigation of the various recommendations that were made about Gaeltacht education and the relevant literature to examine whether there is a strong educational rationale underlying this policy. Ó Duibhir and Cummins (2012) claimed that some linguistic skills, such as literacy skills, transferred from one language to another. If this is the case, it could be claimed that it does not matter which language is encountered first as the skills will transfer from one language to the other. Research by Péterváry, Ó Curnáin, Ó Giollagáin, & Sheahan (2014) involving native Irish-speaking Gaeltacht children (7-12 years) found that the children had a larger vocabulary in English than in Irish. This may be evidence that those children are experiencing incomplete acquisition and that they might benefit from a delay in the introduction of English in order to give them extra time to lay a firmer foundation for their ability in Irish.
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Strömland, Kerstin, and Ann Hellström. "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome—An Ophthalmological and Socioeducational Prospective Study." Pediatrics 97, no. 6 (June 1, 1996): 845–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.97.6.845.
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Background. The eye is a sensitive indicator of adverse effects of prenatal alcohol exposure. Anomalies of the eyes and their adnexa are known to be associated with the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), although long-term effects of these malformations are unknown. Design. A prospective ophthalmologic follow-up (median, 11 years; range, 4 to 19 years) was performed in 25 children with FAS. Their social situation and educational status were also investigated. Results. All but one of the children had ophthalmologic abnormalities. Fundus anomalies were observed in 23 children, of whom 19 had optic nerve hypoplasia. Thirteen children had concomitant strabismus. Microphthalmos, buphthalmos, phthisis, microcornea, coloboma of the iris and uvea, blepharoptosis, cataract, persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, and nystagmus were observed in single cases. The dysmorphology of the eyes remained unchanged during the follow-up period. In 2 children with severe mental retardation and, initially, very poor vision, the severe visual handicap persisted. Seventeen children had an initial visual acuity ≥20/70, which remained unchanged in 10 children and improved in 7 children, despite the presence of optic nerve hypoplasia in 14 of the children. Ten mothers died, 8 of them because of alcohol-related diseases, and only 4 of the mothers were able to take care of their children. Sixteen children went to schools for the mentally retarded, and only 3 children had a normal school education without extra teaching assistance. Conclusions. In children with FAS, the major sequela, ie, brain damage, remains despite extensive medical, educational, and social support. The presence of ophthalmic signs, which persisted but did not deteriorate during the follow-up period, strengthens the diagnosis of FAS, and the high frequency of ocular involvement indicates the importance of a complete ophthalmologic evaluation in children with FAS.
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Pike, Susan. "Irish primary school children's definitions of ‘geography’." Irish Educational Studies 25, no. 1 (March 2006): 75–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323310600597618.
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Thornton, Maeve, Merike Darmody, and Selina McCoy. "Persistent absenteeism among Irish primary school pupils." Educational Review 65, no. 4 (November 2013): 488–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2013.768599.
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Blyth, Alan, and Maurice Galton. "Teaching in the Primary School." British Journal of Educational Studies 38, no. 1 (February 1990): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3120849.
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Ayuningtias, Diah Ikawati. "Teaching English at Primary School." NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching 8, no. 2 (September 3, 2017): 129–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/nobel.2017.8.2.129-140.
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There is a fear that teaching foreign language to primary school students may distract the growth of nationalism feeling of the students. It is due to the fact that children within 6 to 12 years old are vulnerable. They are easy to be influenced or shaped by other cultures. Within this age, they are still in the process of developing themselves, in the aspect of personality and social life. However, research conducted on this matter does not prove that teaching foreign language to primary school students can obstruct the growth of students’ nationality feeling. The aim of this article is to present literature review related to the questions whether teaching English as a foreign language may distract students’ growth of nationality feeling. Then it goes further on the explanation on the requirements that policy maker must prepare when deciding to include English lesson as one of the subjects taught at primary school level.
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Kinchin, Gary D., Ann MacPhail, and Déirdre Ní Chróinín. "Irish primary school teachers' experiences with Sport Education." Irish Educational Studies 31, no. 2 (June 2012): 207–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2011.649403.
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Holmes-Henderson, Arlene. "Teaching Latin and Greek in Primary Classrooms: the Classics in Communities Project." Journal of Classics Teaching 17, no. 33 (2016): 50–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2058631016000131.
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The Classics in Communities project (http://classicsincommunities.org/) is a partnership between members of the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the Iris Project. It was set up in response to the primary curriculum reforms which were implemented in England from September 2014. In the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Languages curriculum policy, for the first time, Classical Greek and Latin can be chosen for study by pupils aged 6-11 in place of a modern language. The project particularly targets schools where Classical languages have not previously featured on the curriculum. It has twin aims: to equip teachers in primary schools with the skills and knowledge necessary to teach these languages; and to conduct parallel research to determine the impact of Classical language learning on children's cognitive development.
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Wright, Margaret, and Pamela Scullion. "Quality of school life and attitudes to Irish in the Irish-medium and English-medium primary school." Irish Educational Studies 26, no. 1 (March 2007): 57–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323310601125278.
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Sekelj, Ana, and Irene Rigo. "Teaching English Grammar in Primary School." Tabula : periodicus Facultatis philosophicae Polensis; rivista della Facoltà di lettere e filosofia; Journal od the Faculty of Humanities No. 9 (2011): 188–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.32728/tab.09.2011.14.
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This paper deals with English grammar and its position in the language teaching process. Grammar was for long taught for its own sake and this approach has done more harm than good because such knowledge of an algebraic kind of accuracy does not give learners the ability to communicate in real life situations. Fluency and accuracy are complementary and interdependent phenomena. Grammar does not work in isolation, but it should be used to preserve semantic relationships and to consider the discoursal factors. A new departure should be seen in which pedagogical grammar with consciousness raising will play an active role in the acquisition of the language. Teaching grammar at primary school begins with mechanistic drill exercises in the first phase and is gradually transformed into cognitive in the third phase. The teaching process should proceed in concentric circles spreading progressively the knowledge of the precedent phases.
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BUSHTRUK, Alexsandra. "Interactive teaching methods in primary school." Humanities science current issues 1, no. 38 (2021): 153–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.24919/2308-4863/38-1-23.
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Zinovieva, T. I., and M. G. Malikova. "Teaching etiquette dialogue in primary school." Elementary School, no. 8 (2022): 25–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.51906/0027-7371_2022_8_25.
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Merike Darmody and Emer Smyth. "Exploring School and Classroom Environments in Irish Primary Schools." Children, Youth and Environments 22, no. 1 (2012): 178. http://dx.doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.22.1.0178.
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Darmody, Merike, and Emer Smyth. "Primary school principals ' job satisfaction and occupational stress." International Journal of Educational Management 30, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 115–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-12-2014-0162.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors associated with occupational stress and job satisfaction among Irish primary school principals. A principal’s job has become increasingly demanding and complex in recent decades. However, there is little current research into their levels of stress and job satisfaction, particularly based on nationally representative data. In order to understand how principals perceive their job and how best to support them, new insights into factors contributing to job satisfaction and stress of school principals are warranted. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on an analysis of Growing up in Ireland data, a national representative study of nine-year-old children in Ireland. In order to explore the simultaneous impact of individual and school factors on stress and job satisfaction of principals in Irish primary schools, multivariate analysis was used. Analyses in this paper are based on responses from principals in 898 schools. Findings – The results of the study indicate that a significant number of primary school principals in Ireland are not very satisfied and feel stressed about their job. Regression analysis revealed that job satisfaction and occupational stress were related to a complex set of personal characteristics, working conditions, school context and teacher climate. Research limitations/implications – The data are limited to primary school principals. However, this is in itself an advantage since it allows for greater insights into variation across principals in job satisfaction and stress, holding the effect of school level constant. Originality/value – This is the first study of its kind in the Irish context that explores the simultaneous effect of a number of factors on school principals’ stress and job satisfaction.
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Radaković, Tijana, Teodora Glumičić, Dragan Rastovac, and Milinko Mandić. "Educational computer games in primary school." Norma 25, no. 2 (2020): 199–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/norma2002199r.
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We are witnesses of the time when technology is developing fast and finds its way in all spheres of life. The use of computers at school has many advantages and can be used in many ways in teaching. Some of the possibilities are application for practice, motivation of children for new areas of learning, research work, making various multimedia presentations to show their independent work, etc. There are also negative attitudes related to this topic. Through the research in this paper, we want to check whether the presence of technology in our schools is an advantage or not. By applying educational computer games, greater interest can be achieved in children, but on the other hand, we have teaching staff who are afraid of unfamiliarity and changes in the teaching process. As for the subject of this research we can ask the following question: Whether and how often teachers use educational computer games in teaching, as well as what are their views on the application of educational computer games and whether they have enough knowledge to create an educational computer game. The theoretical goal of this research is to increase knowledge about the application of educational computer games in teaching in primary schools. The practical aim is to determine, on the basis of the textbook, the opinions and attitudes of teachers on the use of educational computer games in teaching. The results of the research show that teachers still have negative attitudes towards the use of computers and educational computer games in teaching, while the other part thinks that they would like computers to be used more in teaching but that is not possible because schools are not technically equipped. During the research and analysis, we come to the conclusion that teachers have great aversion towards technology and its application in teaching, although some schools have organized the training of their staff to use some programming languages, they are still very poorly used in teaching.
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Milenovic, Zivorad. "The teaching styles of primary school teachers." Zbornik radova Uciteljskog fakulteta Prizren-Leposavic, no. 9 (2015): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/zrufpl1509073m.
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Qurbanova, Xatira. "Teaching of combinatorial elements in primary school." SCIENTIFIC WORK 47, no. 8 (October 1, 2019): 127–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.36719/2663-4619-2019-47-8-127-130.
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