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Walsh, G. (2006) An Appropriate Curriculum for 4-5-year-old Children in Northern Ireland: Comparing Play-based and Formal Approaches
This paper reports on an investigation into the quality of the learning experiences for 4–5‐year‐old children in Northern Ireland schools […]
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Walsh, G. (2011) Playful structure: a novel image of early years pedagogy for primary school classrooms
Playful structure is a new pedagogic image representing a more balanced and integrated perspective on early years pedagogy, aiming to […]
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Jones, S. (2017) Heaney and Education
Seamus Heaney inhabited the world of teacher education, as a student, and later as a lecturer, in 1960s Belfast. That […]
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Walsh, G. (2013) From policy to practice?: the reality of play in primary school classes in Northern Ireland
As more countries align their curricular frameworks with play-based and experiential pedagogies, this paper provides a critical insight into the […]
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Walsh, G. (2014) Impact of a play‐based curriculum in the first two years of primary school: literacy and numeracy outcomes over seven years
In 2000–2002 an innovative early years curriculum, the Enriched Curriculum (EC), was introduced into 120 volunteer schools across Northern Ireland, […]
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.
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Jones, Sharon (2023) The Shortest Way Home? A Geo-critical return to CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian
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