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Ashley Bough – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Aim: Initially, this paper delves into the connection between Irish society and Project-Based Learning (PBL) and curriculum, exploring how this connection has influenced the evolution of Digital Spaces (DS). It positions the origins of the Transition Year Program (TYP) in Ireland within the context of societal and political changes that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Transitional Programs
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Clerkin, Aidan – Review of Education, 2018
Since the 1970s, schools in Ireland have offered an optional programme known as 'Transition Year' midway through secondary education, when students are typically 15 years old. It lasts one academic year and aims to promote maturity, social development and vocational exploration, and to give students a chance to develop personal and intellectual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Maturity (Individuals), Adolescent Development
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Hanewald, Ria – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
This paper identifies and critiques literature on the experience of transition between primary and secondary school; how and why it is seen as critical and in what ways it can be supported. The aim of this literature review is to remind readers of this important period on the lives of young people and the diverse range of issues which they face.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Elementary Secondary Education, Teachers