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Implementing Aistear -- The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework across Varied Settings: Experiences of Early Years Educators and Infant Primary School Teachers in the Irish Context
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Woods, Adell; Mannion, Arlene; Garrity, Sheila – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Aistear: The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework, was launched in Ireland in 2009. The framework is applicable in all settings where children in the 0-6-year range are present; this includes all early years settings and the first two years of primary schools, referred to as "infant classes" in the Irish context. This article shares the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
School Readiness of Five-Year-Old Children from Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Evidence from the Preparing for Life Evaluation
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Pitsia, Vasiliki; Kent, Grainne – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Being school-ready when transitioning to the primary school system has been associated with favourable outcomes during schooling and adult life. While children living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas may be at a higher risk of being less school-ready, research in the area has highlighted that not all children experience such a delay. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status
Cognitive Development during Early Childhood: Insights from Families Living in Areas of Socio-Economic Disadvantage
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Kent, Gráinne; Pitsia, Vasiliki; Colton, Gary – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The first year of a child's life has been considered important in shaping their cognitive development. The research literature has identified area-based socio-economic disadvantage as a possible risk factor for cognitive development but has suggested that various factors may facilitate children's resilience to socio-economic disadvantage. This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Preschool Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Socioeconomic Status
Does Reading to Infants Benefit Their Cognitive Development at 9-Months-Old? An Investigation Using a Large Birth Cohort Survey
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Murray, Aisling; Egan, Suzanne M. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
This study uses a nationally representative sample of 9-month-old infants and their families from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study to investigate if reading to infants is associated with higher scores on contemporaneous indicators of cognitive development independently of other language-based interactions between parent and infant, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Cultural and Psychological Influences on the Father's Role in Infant Development.
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Nugent, J. Kevin – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1991
Examined involvement of working-class Irish fathers in infant caretaking to end of first year of life. Also examined relationship between parental behavior and infant cognitive development. Results showed that fathers were substantially involved in infant caretaking over first year and that parental involvement in caretaking had independent effect…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Fathers