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This study aimed to explore the proposal that the vital purpose of education in Northern Ireland should be peace building and the promotion of social cohesion among post-primary school children
Abstract:
Although violence in Northern Ireland has been "neither halted or prevented" (Tomasevski, 2003a, p. 7), few would deny that the scale of the conflict has been reduced. This paper argues that a vital purpose of education in Northern Ireland should be peacebuilding and the promotion of social cohesion. In particular, the paper looks at the lessons that can be learned from more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - education
Categories:
education and peacebuilding
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 10 Page: 85-94 2004
Claire McGlynn
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This study aimed to explore the type of contact nurses had with children attending special schools regarding healthcare needs
Abstract:
Children attending special schools often have healthcare needs that require ongoing medical and nursing care. Two postal surveys were undertaken of 47 special schools in N. Ireland to determine the type of contact they had with nurses and the functions they fulfilled. Responses were received from 42 school principals and from the 11 Health and Social Service Trusts responsible for more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - education
Categories:
special schools healthcare needs;
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Int J Nurs Stud,
Vol: 38 Page: 395-403 August 2001
R. McConkey; M. Kelly
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This study aimed to explore the impact of the political conflict on teachers' and pupils' experiences of education in Northern Ireland
Abstract:
This article describes a study which examined (a) the impact of the political conflict on teachers' and pupils' experiences of education in Northern Ireland and (b) the impact of curricular-based interventions designed to support the pupils and reduce prejudice. The focus of the second part of the article is on the prejudice reduction initiatives identified. A total of 44 staff and 78 more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - education
Categories:
political conflict; education
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Journal of Social Issues,
Vol: 60 Page: 563-586 2004
Rosemary Kilpatrick; Ruth Leitch
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This study aimed to explore findings of a survey of teacher qualifications in Northern Ireland which indicates that a significant percentage of teachers are unqualified in areas of mathematics, physics, Information Communication Technology, history, Irish
Abstract:
There is a growing concern throughout the UK and beyond about the lack of suitably qualified post-primary teachers in some subject areas, particularly mathematics, design and technology and the sciences. This paper reports on a survey of teacher qualifications in Northern Ireland which indicates that a significant percentage of teachers are unqualified in the areas of mathematics, more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - education
Categories:
education
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Cambridge Journal of Education,
Vol: 36 Page: 549-564 2006
Patricia Eaton; Irene Bell; Julian Greenwood; John McCullagh
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