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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"junior cycle"”.
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Continuity between the Primary School and the Junior Cycle of Post-Primary A School-Based Study
… author will endeavour 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 …
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A socio-ecological study, adopting a participatory approach to exploring student wellbeing in the first year of Junior Cycle in Ireland: a snapshot of student wellbeing
… and understandings of SW in the newly introduced Junior Cycle (JC) and the Irish context in general have not been researched extensively to date. <br/><br/>This study seeks to explore students’ perceptions and experiences of wellbeing in the first year of JC and how they perceive school supports …
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The Teaching of Mathematics at Post-Primary Level in Ireland A Review of Traditional Patterns and an Exploration of Future
… and shortcomings of teaching and learning at Junior Cycle level follows. Part II contains the empirical study. The first chapter in this part describes the design and scope o f the methodology used in the intensive study which was undertaken in three different Irish post-primary schools. This …
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Curriculum Becoming in the Assemblage of Lower Secondary Education in Ireland
The Junior Cycle Framework acts as a catalyst for major curriculum reform in lower secondary education in Ireland. This thesis is concerned with mapping the becoming of this new curriculum. It proffers the emerging changes through a focus on the following areas of interest: a. The assemblage of …
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The Transition Year: A Case Study in the Implementation of Curriculum Change
… to continue in full time education after the junior cycle to the extent that 90% of sixteen to eighteen year olds will be completing senior cycle education by the year 2000.2 Curriculum development is occurring in order to facilitate the holistic development of all students progressing to the …
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The use of the target language/second language and the use of the first language: four case studies of German and Spanish teachers in modern foreign language post-primary classrooms in the Republic of Ireland
… collected from classroom observations including Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle classes over two/three days and teacher and pupil semi-structured interviews. Analysis of audio and/or video recordings of classroom interaction, teacher and pupil interview data including some use of audio- and …
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Teachers’ perspectives of the role of music and creativity in music teaching and learning in the Irish primary level classroom: exploring policy, curriculum and practice
… of Creative Ireland, and the release of the new Junior Cycle Music Curriculum (2017). These creative experiences are explored and discussed, to emphasize why creativity should be an integral part of the music education curriculum at primary level. Through analysis of research and best practice, …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of Project FLAME: a multi-component, school-based, motor competence intervention for adolescent youth in Ireland
… gender and grade across the first three years (Junior Cycle) of post-primary education, specifically to inform the development a multi-component, school-based motor competence intervention entitled Project FLAME (Fundamental and Functional Literacy for Activity and Movement Efficiency). The …
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Investigating the relationship between perceived motor competence and actual motor competence in adolescent youth
… year (i.e. grade) across the first three years (Junior Cycle) of post-primary education. The second phase formed part of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to examine and evaluate an eight-week multi-component, school-based motor competence intervention entitled Project FLAME (Fundamental and …
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An evaluation of the fidelity of the implementation of quality PE programmes and its outcomes on final-stage primary-level pupils’ attitudes toward physical education, physical activity behaviour, wellbeing and academic performance
… the foundations for students to progress to Junior Cycle (JC), with Physical Education (PE) framed under the wellbeing (WB) perspective as a holistic concept valuing WB. The successful implementation of a quality PE (QPE) programme at primary level lays the foundation for a well-adjusted and …