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Primary education in Ireland
(Senac Nacional, 2008) Hyland, Áine; Bosisio , Arthur; Leitão, Márcia
This paper proposes to examine developments in primary (elementary) education in Ireland in the past generation and to identify some of the factors which have contributed to the current success of the Irish education system. It will also identify shortcomings in the Irish system and comment on policies and practices which have been introduced to address these shortcomings. The Irish system will be analysed from an international perspective, using data from the most recent OECD international comparisons in Education at a Glance. Data related to pupil achievement, especially data on literacy and numeracy, will be taken from the 2003 OECD PISA study.
Multiple intelligences in Ireland
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009) Hyland, Áine; McCarthy, Marian; Chen, Jie-Qi; Moran, Seana; Gardner, Howard
As far as Ireland is concerned, Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences was “the right theory in the right place at the right time.” In the past decade, Ireland’s population changed from being largely monolithic in terms of language, culture, ethnic background and religion, to being multi-cultural and diverse. New education laws in Ireland in the late 1990s required the education system at all levels to be inclusive and to facilitate and respect the diversity of learners in the system. Multiple intelligences theory provided an ideal framework for curriculum reform and delivery from early childhood to third level. This chapter describes how a research and development project on Multiple Intelligences, Curriculum and Assessment which started in University College Cork in 1996, influenced a growing number of educational policy makers, teacher educators, educational leaders, school principals, teachers and students at all levels of the Irish educational system.
Response by Áine Hyland to Humphrey Jones’s article: Ploughing a muddy field – Reflections on the implementation of the new Agricultural Science specification
(Irish Science Teachers Association, 2021-09-21) Hyland, Áine
This an impressive and timely article, in which Humphrey Jones, a teacher of Agricultural Science, discusses and analyses the new syllabus/specification for Leaving Certificate which was examined by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) for the first time in June 2021.
The patronage of schools
(Education and Training Boards Ireland, 2017) Hyland, Áine
The evolution of the school patronage system in Ireland is different in the primary and post primary sectors. The patronage of primary (national) schools dates back to the foundation of the system in 1831 – although it was not until the Education Act of 1998 that the term was enshrined in legislation. The majority of national schools have both a patron and trustees (or a Trust) - usually two separate entities. Historically, post-primary schools were not set up under a patronage system. Most voluntary secondary schools were owned by religious orders or congregations or by diocesan trustees and are nowadays owned and controlled by trustees or a Trust, although some are owned by individuals or companies. In the Education and Training Board (ETB) sector, neither the words patron nor trustees were used prior to 1998, as these schools were owned and run by sub-committees of local authorities.
Students with care experience and higher education
(SOAR Project, Access UCC, University College Cork, 2025) Ó Súilleabháin, Fiachra; Brennan, Rebekah; Dorney, Lyn; McGovern, Sheila
For the first time, experience of the care system is identified as a life situation that can lead to disadvantage within the socioeconomically disadvantaged priority group in the National Access Plan (Higher Education Authority (HEA), 2024). This is the first report to look at the experience of care-experienced students in higher education.