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Useful links and publications in relation to the second-level project
Feasibility Study for the Opening of a Second-Level School
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Educate Together
Feasibility Study for the Opening of a Second-Level School
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Educate Together, Trinity College, July 2008 - FULL REPORT
Feasibility Study for the Opening of a Second-Level School
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Educate Together, Trinity College, July 2008 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Initial Feasibility Study for the Opening of a Second-Level School
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Educate Together, Trinity College, September 2006
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Methodologies
Proposed Curricular Framework For an Educate Together Second-Level School by Kathleen Geraghty, June 2008
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Intercultural Education in the Post-Primary School
Available at: http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/publications/Interc%20Guide_Eng.pdf
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), Developing Senior Cycle Education – directions for development, 2002,
Available at: http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/Publications/DirectionsEng.pdf
Rules and Regulations
Education Act 1998
Commission on School Accommodation (CSA), Criteria and Procedures for the recognition of new second-level schools – report of the Steering Group, March 2004. Available for download here.
Note: While this document has not been officially adopted as regulation, Educate Together has been advised to follow its procedures in the absence of any others.
Department of Education and Science, Rules and Programme for Secondary Schools (2004)
Not available online, but copies can be ordered (€12) from:
Government Publications, Unit 20, Lakeside Retail Park, Claremorris, Co Mayo. Tel 01 647 6834.
Students’ Views
The ESRI is conducting a longitudinal study of students' experiences at second-level for the NCCA. There is a great deal we can learn from this research, especially about how students experience the transition from primary to second-level school. Summaries of some of the findings are available on: http://www.ncca.ie/index.asp?locID=371&docID=-1
The complete findings are available in three books, one each describing student experiences in first, second and third year. The authors are Smyth, Dunne, Darmody and McCoy and the books are available to buy on www.theliffeypress.com:
(2004) Moving Up - The Experiences of First-Year Students in Post-Primary Education
(2006) Pathways through the Junior Cycle: The Experiences of Second Year Students
(2007) Gearing Up for the Exam? The Experiences of Junior Certificate Students
Values and Ethos
Educate Together and School Democracy - Student Participation, Dr Mary Nugent and Caroline Mooney, July 2008
The Educate Together Ethos and Parental Involvement, Dr Mary Nugent and Caroline Mooney, July 2008
Apple, M and Beane, J, Democratic Schools, Open University Press. Edited book (1999) – includes descriptions of different approaches to democratic schooling in the US. Available from Amazon, etc
Lynch, K and Baker, J, Equality in Education - an equality of condition perspective, Journal: Theory and Research in Education, Vol 3(2), 2005.
NOTE: This article is fairly academic but it's worth a go if you're interested in the area.
School Planning and Policies
School Development Planning Initiative, Guidelines for Second-level Schools
Note: These guidelines were designed to assist existing second-level schools with School Development Planning, and are not based on Educate Together’s principles. However, they offer suggestions for School Planning processes involving all members of a school community which may be adapted.
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