Research Report

• Walsh, G., (2024) A Consultation with Babies, Toddlers and Young Children to Inform the Updating of Aistear

  Phase 1 of NCCA’s work to update Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework included a consultation with babies, toddlers and young children. […]

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• Purdy, N., Walsh, G., Orr, K., Rowan, A., Symington, E., and Winter, F. (2024) Transfer Talks

  During the 2020-2021 academic year, the transfer tests used by grammar schools to select admissions to year 8 were first […]

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• Purdy, N., Ballentine, M., Lyle, H., Orr, K., Symington, E., Webster, D., York, L., (2023) Growing Up Online: Children’s online activities, harm and safety in Northern Ireland – an Evidence Report.

  This mixed-methods research study was funded by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland and conducted by a team from the […]

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• Purdy, N. Walsh, G., Orr, K., Millar, A., Ballentine, M. (2023) Testing Times: Northern Ireland School Transfer without Tests in 2021

  The issue of post-primary transfer by means of academic selection is the focus of a highly polarised policy debate in […]

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• Walsh, G., Martin, C., Sloan, S., Dunn, J., and Winter,F. (2022) ‘The Buddies Study – BUilding BriDges, DimInishing Educational DiSadvantage: Examining the Role of the Home-School Community Liaison (HSCL) across the island of Ireland’

  Although family engagement in children’s learning is a well-established predictor of educational success (see e.g. Higgins & Katsipataki, 2015 and […]

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• McCullagh, J.F. and Doherty, A (2022) Student Teachers Supporting Primary Science: Project Report for the Royal Society of Chemistry

  The ‘Student Teachers Supporting Primary Science Project’ sought to simultaneously address two problems which constrain the pre and in-service phases […]

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