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Direct linkFitzmaurice, Helen; Flynn, Marie; Hanafin, Joan – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2021
Research on homework, particularly using qualitative approaches, is neglected in sociological literature. This qualitative study uses a Bourdieusian interpretive lens to explore parental homework practices in a middle-class, urban setting in Ireland. In-depth semi-structured interviews were held with six parents and six teachers of pupils aged…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Role, Parent Participation, Elementary School Students
Fitzmaurice, Helen; Flynn, Marie; Hanafin, Joan – Education 3-13, 2020
This paper presents findings about teachers' and parents' perceptions of homework in a middle-class, primary school setting in Ireland, from a qualitative study that aimed to provide an insight into the neglected area of homework from the perspectives of two of the main stakeholders in the process. In-depth semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Homework, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Middle Class
Smyth, Emer – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
Young people in Irish schools are required to choose whether to sit secondary exam subjects at higher or ordinary level. This paper draws on a mixed methods longitudinal study of students in 12 case-study schools to trace the factors influencing take-up of higher level subjects within lower secondary education. School organisation and process are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mixed Methods Research, Middle Class, Working Class
