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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Post-primary"”.
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Strategies for Transition From Primary to Post-Primary
… began with her experience of teaching senior primary school pupils and observing the difficulties that can exist in the transferring of these pupils to post-primary school. This research project aims to propose workable strategies to ease the transfer process and to make the transition a more …
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The management and administration of Irish post-primary schools
… suggest that change is inevitable in the Irish post-primary sector. Closures, amalgamations and general rationalisation will increase the average size of schools. This will increase the pressure and workloads of those already in principalship.Almost twenty-five percent of Irish post-primary …
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An investigation of post-primary students' images of mathematics
… the image of mathematics held by 5th-year post-primary students in Ireland. For this study, “image of mathematics” is conceptualized as a mental representation or view of mathematics, presumably constructed as a result of past experiences, mediated through school, parents, peers or society. …
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The Rhetoric and Reality of Transition from Primary to Post-primary Schooling
… some of the student cohort who transfer from primary school to post-primary school. The research project set out to determine the nature of the disenchantment among the first year post-primary students in the post-primary schools in a town in the west midlands of Ireland in which the …
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Curriculum Innovation in a Post Primary School: A Case Study of the LCVP
The aim of this dissertation is to examine two interrelated themes. Firstly I aim to investigate the process of curricular 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. …
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Teaching subjects as languages: academic English development in the multilingual post-primary classroom
… to the benefit of all pupils in a multilingual post-primary context? 2. What are pupils’ and teachers’ attitudes towards classroom interventions designed to integrate academic language development into lessons? The study includes a detailed description of the post-primary educational context of …
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Attitudes to sexting amongst post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland : a liberal feminist approach
… discourse in the media is that we live in a post-feminist era, in which feminism is no longer needed as women have achieved equality (McRobbie, 2004). Women are assertive, confident, dominant, and equal. However, in sexting research (Ringrose et al., 2013; 2012), girls and boys still inhabit …
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The Impact of Streaming on Post-Primary Students' Attitudes to Teachers, Motivation and Learning
This is a study of pupils in a streamed environment to see how their motivation, approaches to learning, and general perceptions of their teachers and school environment, differs according to their stream position. The "Review of the Literature" reveals a continuing debate on the efficacy of this …
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Team-teaching for inclusion: A critical analysis of disability discourse in Irish Post-Primary Schools
… support the deployment of inclusive pedagogy in post-primary schools. Yet, evidence for such assertions is equivocal and the practice remains problematic and underused. Much of the inertia reported in relation to the adoption of team-teaching in post-primary schools had been associated with the …
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Continuity between the Primary School and the Junior Cycle of Post-Primary A School-Based Study
… to ascertain whether the junior cycle of post-primary education is conducive to the primary cycle. The author will explore to what degree the Junior Certificate maintain and develop upon the educational aims and objectives practised in the primary curriculum. The author will examine the …
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Civics Revisited? An Exploration of the Factors Affecting the Implementation of CSPE in Five Post-Primary Schools.
… Education, or CSPE, was introduced into Irish post-primary schools in 1996. The nineteen nineties are looked upon as a period of great innovation in Irish education. One of the prime aims of CSPE is the promotion of active and participative citizenship. CSPE is a new curricular initiative, …
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An Investigation into Parental Attitudes and Preferences Regarding the Development of an Educate Together Post-Primary School
… diverse. The implication of these changes for post-primary education in an intercultural era has been considered. Specific attention has been applied to determining the attitudes of Educate Together primary school parents towards their willingness to develop a model of post-primary education …
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Preventing drop-out: how can post-primary schools best support students at risk of early school leaving?
… is to evaluate the programmes in place in two post-primary schools to combat early school leaving. In order to do this I plan • To explore the reasons students in these schools leave formal education early. • To ascertain what programmes are in place in the two schools to combat early school …
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Incidence and nature of complications post primary repair of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI): Retrospective chart review
… of OASI that occur within 6 weeks following primary repair of an OASI, followed up at the GSH perineal clinic. Secondarily, to investigate the incidence of OASI and follow up rate post primary repair Methods. This was a retrospective chart review. Participants were identified from theatre …
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The use of mobile devices for learning in post-primary education and at university: student attitudes and perceptions
… I the attitudes and perceptions of upper-sixth post-primary level users and in Phase II the attitudes and perceptions of first year undergraduate students’ to the use of mobile devices for learning. Phase II introduced a longitudinal element interrogating first year undergraduate student …
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Emerging practices in a post primary school: challenges and opportunities when working with a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
The use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VIE) to support teaching and learning in a range of second and third level education contexts is increasing. The variety of elements included in the VIE and the extent to which it is integral to the course varies. While the use of the VLE may appear to …
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Rites of Passage in Rafoarty: Curriculum Continuity and Transition from Primary to Post-primary in an Irish Town.
Literature on student transition between primary and post-primary illustrates that how schools integrate students and choose to organize teaching and learning supports or contributes to transition difficulties for students. This qualitative study finds that despite statements in official …
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Improving learning through whole-school evaluation: moving towards a model of internal evaluation in Irish post-primary schools
… in particular how the Irish education system and post-primary schools can successfully move from a centrally controlled system of evaluation to a model based on school self-evaluation. Within a context of increasing interest in school evaluation nationally and internationally, the relationship …
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Team-teaching for inclusive learning: Purposes, practices and perceptions of a team-teaching initiative in Irish post-primary schools
… established is the practice of team-teaching in post-primary settings, with little research conducted to date on how it can be initiated and sustained, and a dearth of knowledge on how it impacts upon the students and teachers involved. Research questions and aims. In light of the paucity and …
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