The proposed changes in the further education sector, including the rationalisation of the
VEC’s into Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) and the closures of the Senior
Traveller Training Centres (STECs, have ...
Women in Uganda‟s universities are caught between two worlds. They lead lifestyles that are partly Western and partly local. This thesis sought to understand how national development and globalisation impacted upon those ...
Hearne, Lucy(Waterford Insitute of Technology, 2009)
The overall aim of this research study is to consider the development of a best practice framework for the longitudinal tracking of individual progression in the Irish Adult Educational Guidance Initiative (AEGI). A specific ...
This report presents the results from the national survey into the implementation of Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in second level schools since its introduction in 2000. The report was commissioned by the ...
This research has examined how middle class parents have mobilised themselves as active
consumers in the educational marketplace, where it appears that educational markets work to the advantage of middle class parents and ...
Since computers were first introduced into the Irish Education system in 1977 many millions have been spent on this technology. However despite spending large amounts of money, little empirical evidence exists to show that ...
Hearne, Lucy(Australian Council for Educational Research, 2011)
This paper explores the findings of a doctoral study that examined the measurement of individual progression in the Irish Adult Education Guidance Initiative (AEGI). The critical constructivist stance of the study challenges ...
This study examines the discourse of science presented at lower Post-Primary level in
Ireland. In the investigation the text materials for the course were qualitatively examined. The data analysis revealed five key themes ...
The lack of uptake of science subjects in Post-Primary Schools (Secondary/High
Schools) and on to university is a continuous cause for concern, both nationally and internationally. In the Strategy for Science, Technology ...
Lynch, Raymond; Walsh, Michael(Dublin Institute of Technology * Tempus Publications, 2011)
This paper examines the obligatory but often contentious relationship that
exists between contemporary second level education and undergraduate student
course choice within an Irish context. A survey of 1,723 students ...