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Technological University Dublin

2008

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Intercultural Books In Practice, Maire Mhic Mhathuna, Una Hill Jan 2008

Intercultural Books In Practice, Maire Mhic Mhathuna, Una Hill

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This paper examines the practical use of intercultural and multicultural books in Early Years settings in the Irish context. Questionnaires were sent to seventy early years’ settings in the Dublin region, focusing on the criteria they used for selecting such books. These responses indicated that staff viewed inclusion, the story, age appropriateness, illustrations and the language of the books as being important. The practitioners’ responses are compared with the views of authors on diversity issues and similarities and differences identified. Overall there was a greater emphasis on children in the practitioners’ survey while the authors focused on issues. A list …


The Impact Of The Bologna Process On The Design Of Higher Education Programmes In Europe, Frank Mcmahon Jan 2008

The Impact Of The Bologna Process On The Design Of Higher Education Programmes In Europe, Frank Mcmahon

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This paper outlines the growing influence the Bologna Process is having on higher education in an increasing number of European countries. Starting in 1999 with relatively modest, tentative proposals for reform in twenty-nine countries, the process now encompasses forty-five countries and has become gradually more ambitious in its scope and more insistent in seeking compliance with its objectives. The potential benefits of the process are outlined as well as the possible negative effects. The paper analyses the “promotion of the necessary European dimensions in higher education,” and in particular, it focuses on the role of student mobility programmes in the …


Technical Education, Technological Colleges And Further Education In Ireland, Frank Mcmahon Jan 2008

Technical Education, Technological Colleges And Further Education In Ireland, Frank Mcmahon

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