Browsing School of Education by Subject "Making Ireland"
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Aligning assessment, learning and teaching in curricular reform and implementation
(National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2019)This paper aims to present for discussion a number of issues that will be pertinent when considering the role of assessment in the redeveloped primary curriculum. As the NCCA have articulated, “in a climate of change, ... -
Arts Alive: A literature review to support curriculum specification development for the area of Arts Education
(National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2023)This review is drawn from extensive and systematic reviews of the literature in Arts Education; as art form, as discrete subject and as arts pedagogy. The review constitutes a narrative enquiry and as such it is ... -
Citizen Science in Ireland
(2021)Ireland has a rich history of public engagement with science and the growing number of national citizen science initiatives is in keeping with developments seen in other European countries. This paper explores several ... -
Creating a Supportive Working Environment for Academics in Higher Education: Country Report Ireland
(Teachers Union of Ireland & Irish Federation of University Teachers, 2015)In March 2010 the Higher Education Ministers of the European Higher Education Area issued the Budapest-Venue Ministerial Declaration. This statement, inter alia called for “a more supportive environment” for academic ... -
Geabaire, the first Irish AAC system: voice as a vehicle for change
(2023)This paper introduces Geabaire, an Irish language Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) system which is currently under development in the Phonetics and Speech Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin. This high-tech ... -
Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in the Republic of Ireland - A National Response
(Inclusive National Higher Education Forum, 2019)Given the context that people with intellectual disabilities face significant barriers and limited postsecondary opportunities, a number of initiatives in Ireland and internationally have been established with the aim of ... -
A review of arrangements internationally to accommodate examinees who are bereaved or ill at the time of scheduled second-level school leaving examinations
(State Examinations Commission, 2022)This report describes the findings from a review of how other jurisdictions and education systems address specific issues connected with student access to assessments and certification in the event of serious illness, ... -
Teachers, Human Rights and Human Rights Education: Knowledge, perspectives and practices of primary school teachers in Ireland
(Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship, DCU, 2011)Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that education shall be directed towards “the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms” (United Nations, 1948, Art 26.2). This ... -
Women's educational activism and higher education in Ireland, 1850-1912
(Routledge, 2022)Irish higher education in the mid-nineteenth century was designed to accommodate men of the upper and middle classes. The enduring strength of traditionalist Victorian social attitudes, dictating a separate and lesser role ...