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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Leaving certificate"”.
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Leaving Certificate Applied and Beyond: A School-Based Investigation o f the Experiences o f Students who have taken the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme.
… granted parity of esteem with students of other Leaving Certificate programmes. > The literary and numeracy elements of LCA must be enhanced if the programme is to offer challenge to the more able students. > Support must be provided for LCA students in third level. > A campaign is needed to …
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The Leaving Certificate Applied Experience in Five Case Study Schools
… who show little interest in the traditional Leaving Certificate programme. The modular structure, emphasis on practical applications and active learning methods, work experience dimension, and the use of short term accreditation may encourage the students to complete the programme at a …
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The Revised Leaving Certificate History Syllabus,2004: Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices
In September, 2004, a revised syllabus in Leaving Certificate History was introduced into schools in the Republic of Ireland, replacing a syllabus that had been in place since 1969. Reflecting many decades of change in history teaching internationally, the revised syllabus places greater emphasis …
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The Implementation of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme in a School: The Complexity of Curriculum Change
… inherent in a curricular change such as the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme. However the author takes cognisance of the fact that the literature highlights the complexities involved in revealing the fundamental, underlying shared convictions that guide behaviour and shape the way group …
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A corpus-driven error analysis of the oral and written production of Leaving Certificate Spanish learners
The Leaving Certificate (LC) is the national, standardised state examination in Ireland necessary for entry to third level education – this presents a massive, raw corpus of data with the potential to yield invaluable insight into the phenomena of learner interlanguage. With samples of official LC …
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An examination of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme: Origin, Policy and Practice - A Contextual, Relational, Discursive and Spatial Analysis Employing a Critical Theory Approach.
The purpose of this study is to examine the Leaving Certificate Applied programme (LCA) as it is lived out and experienced today and to investigate whether or not these experiences continue to marry with the original aims of the programme. The Leaving Certificate Applied Programme is a distinct, …
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Involving Students in their own learning: The Experience of a first year Curriculum innovation
… include programmes such as Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Vocational, Civic Social and Political Education and perhaps most importantly the Junior Certificate
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An investigation of post-primary students' images of mathematics
… not to study higher level mathematics for the Leaving Certificate. The design for this study is chiefly explorative. A questionnaire survey was created containing both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the research interest. The quantitative aspect incorporated eight …
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Curriculum Innovation in a Post Primary School: A Case Study of the LCVP
… innovation; in this case the introduction of the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (referred to as LCVP in the rest of this dissertation) in a newly constituted school. Secondly in the light of findings from this investigation I will assess the conditions deemed necessary for the successful …
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Lifelong learning in the arts : policy and practice in Ireland
… nonformal learning provisions, i. e. Irish Post Leaving Certificate courses and community arts learning programmes. Post Leaving Certificate courses are state-led and take place within the education system. The community arts learning programmes under investigation are arts sector-led and broadly …
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Questioning for appropriate assessment and learning
… assessment: the summative assessment employed at Leaving Certificate level for Chemistry and the formative assessment methods used in two chemistry modules in Dublin City University. This study is divided into four separate chapters, dealing with the aforementioned studies conducted and a the …
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Governmentality and Education: How is knowledge production in Irish secondary education complicit in fostering neo-liberal subjectivities
… ultimately undermined by the centrality of the Leaving Certificate examinations which acts as a mediator of educational success in Ireland.
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'A Manly Desire to Learn' : the Teaching of the Classics in Nineteenth Century Scotland
… and management of the national School Leaving Certificate in 1888. The final chapter provides an examination of the importance of two events: the creation of Scotland's first modem university college, Dundee College, in 1882 and the impact of the admission of women to all the nation's …
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Landeskunde: Its Role and Functions in the Irish German Language Classroom An Empirical Study
… as “Cultural Studies”) in both the Junior and Leaving Certificate courses in Ireland. Also included is a look at the different approaches used in teaching culture at both levels and the ambiguities present for teachers when choosing material relating to and aspects of the target language …
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Does Private School Competition Improve Public School Performance? The Case of Nepal
… the Ministry of Education, Nepal-2005 for School Leaving Certificate Exam (SLC), this dissertation attempts to seek answers to the above two issues for the case of Nepal. The first part of this study analyzes private and public school performance using OLS and logistic models. The study adopts the …
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Erfolgsfaktor Bildung 4.0
… as to whether the lower secondary school leaving certificate still represents the classic admission ticket for training? The conclusion forms an interpretation of the survey results, possible approaches to change such as learning mentor, up to an own educational competence.
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One size does not fit all: An exploratory inquiry into inclusive practices built on experiences of practitioners in the Further Education and Training Sector: with a specific focus on disability
… from the perspective of practitioners in a Post Leaving Certificate college. Deconstructing the socially constructed interpretations of students with disabilities and their ability to participate in courses provided by FET is highlighted.
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Individual, Family, School and Regional Characteristics and their influence on the expected points and University Applications of Irish School Leavers.
… exploring how these characteristics affect their Leaving Certificate points expectations and subsequent applications to university. The thesis considers trends in participation rates to higher education, existing research evidence and policy debates as well as providing a theoretical and …
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Innovation and resistance in Irish schooling: the case of Transition Year.
… in schools, notably, the established Leaving Certificate programme and the associated ‘points system’. Current practices which ensure that some young people benefit from six years of second-level schooling and other receive five is seen as unjust and deserving of policy-makers’ urgent …
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A Study of the Comparative Experiences of LCVP in Selected Schools.
The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) is part of a range of curriculum reform at Senior Cycle. This dissertation explores the issues arising from the introduction and implementation of the LCVP into a selected number of schools with a particular focus on Saint Anne’s, the target …
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