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Database Search

How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Classrooms

Your search returns 2 documents

• 1.   Children's language networks in minority language immersion: What goes in may not come out

  This study presents a qualitative study of Level 1 minority language children's output in a mixed groups - children with and without mother-tongue support - by examining their language networks and use of the target language, Irish

  

  Abstract:

  A central tenet of two-way immersion has been that the minority language children benefit from mother-tongue support in addition to instruction and interaction in the majority language (usually English) with their peers in high prestige programmes, while the English speakers gain valuable opportunities for peer interaction in their L2 with native speakers. Such mixing of L1 and L2 more...

  International Classification:

  Education

  Categories:

  minority languag

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Language and Education, Vol: 21 Page: 46-65 2007
  Tina M. Hickey

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• 2.   Teaching matters in early educational practice: The case for a nurturing pedagogy

  This article discusses combining the concept of pedagogy (a space where care and education integrate) with the concept of nurture (conveying an engaged level of interaction) provides a rich and theoretically sound context for reforming teaching practice

  

  Abstract:

  Research Findings: Research on teaching practice in early-years classrooms of primary schools in Ireland suggests that teachers of Irish 4-year-olds continue to spend more classroom time on traditional, didactic, subject-based teaching than on the nurturing interactions recommended for quality, effective early education (N. Hayes, 2004; N. Hayes, J. O'Flaherty, & M. Kernan, 1997; B. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Early Education and Development, Vol: 19 Page: 430-440 2008
  Nóirín Hayes

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